Winemaker Notes
Notes of wild strawberry, peach, guava and rhubarb with very discreet aromas of white pepper.
Blend: 71% Grenache, 11% Cinsaut, 5% Clairette Blanche, 5% Grenache Blanc, 4% Mourvedre, 4% Vermantino
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Joyous aromas of strawberry are splashed with lemon juice and pink rose petals on the nose of this bottling. The palate tightens up a bit, providing melon, tangerine-cream and wet gravel flavors atop a chalky texture
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2020 Bonny Doon Vineyard Vin Gris de Cigare gives food and wine lovers a reason to smile with a pink wine arrives at the table. TASTING NOTES: This wine offers pleasing aromas and flavors of ripe cherries and a light accent of chalk. Serve it with red tuna sashimi. (Tasted: April 11, 2021, San Francisco, CA)
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Tasting Panel
Pale salmon pink; dry, smooth, and aromatic, with notes of strawberry
Whether it’s playful and fun or savory and serious, most rosé today is not your grandmother’s White Zinfandel, though that category remains strong. Pink wine has recently become quite trendy, and this time around it’s commonly quite dry. Since the pigment in red wines comes from keeping fermenting juice in contact with the grape skins for an extended period, it follows that a pink wine can be made using just a brief period of skin contact—usually just a couple of days. The resulting color depends on grape variety and winemaking style, ranging from pale salmon to deep magenta.
The largest and perhaps most varied of California’s wine-growing regions, the Central Coast produces a good majority of the state's wine. This vast California wine district stretches from San Francisco all the way to Santa Barbara along the coast, and reaches inland nearly all the way to the Central Valley.
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While the Central Coast California wine region could probably support almost any major grape varietiy, it is famous for a few Central Coast reds and whites. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel are among the major ones. The Central Coast is home to many of the state's small, artisanal wineries crafting unique, high-quality wines, as well as larger producers also making exceptional wines.