Community Tasting Notes 7

• pdadams66 Likes this wine: 89 points

  February 23, 2024 - 18 months since the last bottle and still holding up very well. Bold yellow (with lime highlights), wax, honey and gasoline. Nutty with plenty of acidity still. Now or hold. Good QPR at $15.

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• WineCenturyAZ Likes this wine: 90 points

  November 19, 2022 - Delicious. Proof of the value of screw caps in preserving freshness. Fresh, clean and integrated. Pale lemon in the glass, bottle opens with a release of CO2, nose opens with blossom and citrus, palate is dry, fruit leads with Meyer lemon, lime, green melon, honeydew, herbaceous, bright acidity, medium + body, long and lingering finish.

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• LucieEllen Does not like this wine:

  July 23, 2022 - Sadly. Dominated by wood, hardly any fruit left. Dumped it.
  
  Might be good QPR for others, but not to my taste.

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• BVal wrote: 82 points

  June 8, 2022 - 55% Grenache Blanc, 45% Roussanne; 14.4% Etoh. Closeout buy for $13 at NH State stores.
  
  Color/App: pours significantly paler than the '19 Tablas Creek Esprit Blanc next to it; medium- viscosity. Aggressive bouquet of oak, fresh-mowed grass, lemon, honeydew melon and diesel fuel. Somewhat bitter palate showing oak, stone fruit, peach, apple and oak. Not enough fruit and too much wood. Can't recommend this, even at $13.

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• pdadams66 Likes this wine: 89 points

  May 12, 2022 - Pale golden yellow, clear rim.
  Honeydew and cantaloup melon, apricot stones, waxy and a little nutty, some riesling petrol notes.
  Smooth, tropical notes and honey, melon rinds, good acidity still, dried grass and hazelnuts on the finish.
  Very good Rhone blend, drinking well now but has life left, great QPR at $15.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2017
• Type White
• Producer Bonny Doon Vineyard
• Varietal White Rhone Blend
• Designation Le Cigare Blanc
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation California
• UPC Code 769434128239

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• In Cellars 37 (36%)
• Consumed 66 (64%)

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