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Bonny Doon Vineyard
Bonny Doon Vineyard is situated in the Santa Cruz Mountains in the tiny hamlet of Bonny Doon. The winery was founded in 1983 by the Grahm family. Randall Grahm, Winemaker and President-for-Life of Bonny Doon Vineyard, was born in Los Angeles in 1953 and attended Uncle Charlie's Summer Camp, excuse me, the prestigious University of California at Santa Cruz, where he was a permanent Liberal Arts major. A complete and insufferable wine fanatic, he returned to the University of California at Davis to complete a degree in viticulture in 1979. Grahm is known as the "Rhone Ranger" for his pioneering work in the popularization of Rhone and Provencal varieties in California. Bonny Doon produces an array of such favorites as: Vin Gris de Cigare (thinking person's pink wine), Le Sophiste (Roussanne/Marsanne melange), Clos de Gilroy (young, fruity Grenache), Le Cigare Volant (Cryptoneuf-du-Pape), Garnacha (the strong Pink Wine), and a dramatically intense Muscat "Vin de Glaciere" (wine of the icebox).
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Item No. 100343
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Pale yellow color with light gold highlights. Bright floral notes of honeysuckle, lilac and orange blossom bring to mind a perfumed spring garden at dusk. Ripe peach, melon and yellow apple combine with citrus zest and spearmint on the palate. The 2008 Muscat is extraordinarily fine with grilled... more |
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Item No. 99966
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A blend of 58% Grenache, 18% Cinsault, 10% Roussanne, 7% Mourvedre, 4% Syrah and 3% Grenache Blanc.
Fresh and bright with a pale pink color and a soupcon of blue rose. Hints of wild strawberry, white cherry, apple blossom and the barest whiff of spearmint. Palate is quite dry and zesty with pale... more |
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Item No. 100342
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Pale straw color with green highlights and slight
effervescence. Bright aromas of lemon blossom, white ginger and sage remind one of the pilgrim journeys along the winding paths leading to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. Citrus rind, wild herbs and green almond flavors continue this Spanish... more |
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Item No. 93923
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The label of the Syrah Le Pousseur suggests a mysterious
figure, cloaked in a great coat, in which rare vials and
flasks of vaguely illicit elixirs, potions and philtres are cached. The
image evokes a Tarot card, and as such, represents an archetypical
figure, an icon resonant to the... more |
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Item No. 100344
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Blend: 50% grenache, 24% mourvedre, 22% syrah, 3% carignane, 1% cinsault
An earthier style of Cigare than previous editions,
the 2005 shows a deep ruby robe with bright purple
highlights. Aromas of spiced meat, kirsch, mushrooms, a soupçon of truffle and dark chocolate make for a richly... more |
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Item No. 87307
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A little bit of a stylistic departure for Bonny Doon. Since I have been hanging out with Patrick Ducournau, I have learned the mantra: I will fear no tannin. Cigare has always been fruit-driven (in the Australian parlance) and usually has had the soft, plush texture of the upholstery one finds in a... more |
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Item No. 95719
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Blend: 80% albariño, 15% loureiro, 5% treixadura
Divining which varieties might be appropriate for a particular vineyard location occasionally requires utter disregard for conventional wisdom. Galicia, the Iberian playpen of albariño, loureiro and treixadura, could not be more different than... more |
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Item No. 95295
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Bonny Doon continues down the primrose path of insinuating a substantial dollop of white wine -principally Grenache Blanc - into their typical blend of red varieties. Though not a technique practiced widely in Vin Gris' spiritual homeland of Provence, the addition of rich white wine adds some... more |
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Item No. 97080
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A blend of 80% Albarino, 15% Loureiro and 5% Treixadura.
We have found that allowing a tad more shade on these Iberian varieties somehow mimics the Iberian climate and produces grapes with thinner skins - and thus lower phenolics - preserving delicate aromatics and finesse. This wine expresses a... more |
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Item No. 91048
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We continue down the primrose path of insinuating a substantial dollop of white wine -principally Grenache Blanc - into our typical blend of red varieties. Though not a technique practiced widely in Vin Gris' spiritual homeland of Provence, we find the addition of rich white wine adds some... more |
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Item No. 95720
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Blend: 75% grenache blanc, 25% roussanne
From what far-flung, telic appellation might be dispatched a white cigar? Le Cigare Blanc is the white analogue of Le Cigare Volant, our homage to the complex blended wines of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. This seasonal outing is based (75%) on the
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Item No. 88179
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History: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that not all grapes are created equal, and what"s more, riesling is the most unequal of them all, the Überweintraube. Riesling"s one tragic flaw is not found in its intrinsic character, but rather in the impression conjured up by the images that... more |
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Item No. 88293
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This is a classic BDV wine, one that we have been working at since 1986. How might one improve upon the delicious aromatic purity of muscat canelli-the very essence of the Divine Ms. M grape? Very simply by the addition of muscats orange, greco and most recently, giallo, from our... more |
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Item No. 92788
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From what far-flung, telic appellation might be dispatched a white cigar? Le Cigare Blanc is the white analogue of Le Cigare Volant, Bonny Doon's homage to the complex blended wines of the Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
This seasonal outing is based (60%) on the Roussane variety. This mysteriously... more |
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Item No. 91173
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Blend: 90% Sangiovese, 5% Nero d'Avola, 3% Cinsault, 2% Colorino
Nowhere is the evolution of Bonny Doon's grape growing and winemaking efforts
more apparent than with Sangiovese. They had been working for
many years with a vineyard in Monterey County which produced zaftig and
extravagantly... more |
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Item No. 86908
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We continue down the primrose path of insinuating a substantial dollop of white wine-principally grenache blanc-into our typical blend of red varieties. Though not a technique practiced widely in Vin Gris" spiritual homeland of Provence, we find the addition of rich white wine adds some incremental... more |
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