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| Community Tasting Notes (average 80 pts. and median of 80 pts. in 4 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by 193jedo on 1/22/2008: I held onto this for too long. It was pracically gone. (2806 views) | | Tasted by KevinP on 4/21/2006 flawed bottle: Over the hill (2668 views) | | Tasted by MicklethePickle on 5/11/1991 & rated 80 points: At Singer and Foy survey of "Rhone clones." Magenta color. Pretty closed, nose is fruity but a little dank. Flavor is OK, but a bit hollow. Decent wine, but I wouldn't buy it. 5-8-12-5: 80/100. (252 views) | | Tasted by MicklethePickle on 8/18/1990 & rated 80 points: With MPL and BLR at Singer & Foy survey of new California wines. Dark magenta color. Smells a bit weird--high acid? Smells light. Lots of fruit, but little backbone. Out of balance. I wouldn't buy this. Little future. 4-8-13-5: 80/100 (259 views) |
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Bonny Doon was sold in early 2020 to "WarRoom", a wine production and marketing entity formed in 2018. Per a January 2020 Decanter article - https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/californias-bonny-doon-sold-430550/ - "Graham will retain creative control of Bonny Doon’s wines, but production will change from 35,000 cases of 15 different wines annually to just four wines: the flagship red Rhône blend Le Cigare Volant; Le Cigare Blanc (based on Vermentino); Vin Gris de Cigare (a Rhône varietal rosé); and a 100% Picpoul."MourvèdreClick here to see Mourvedre photographed at Tablas Creek Vineyards in Paso Robles, Calif., in 2005.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson CaliforniaNapa Valley.http://www.stagecoachvineyard.com/vineyards/our_vineyards.php Santa Ynez.http://www.everyvine.com/org/Camp_Four/vineyard/Camp_Four/ |
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