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Bonny Doon Vin Gris De Cigare 2023 750ml

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750ml
country
United States
region
California
appellation
Central Coast
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Just about 12% of this Vin Gris is composed of traditional white Rhone varieties which add a surprising richness and foundation to this wine. The balance derives from the varieties included in our Rhone blend, Le Cigare Volant, and our Central Coast Syrah. We obtain juice from these grapes via saigner, or bleeding, a modest volume of our freshly processed grenache, syrah, cinsault and mourvedre. By bleeding a small amount of juice off our red musts, we concentrate the flavor and color in the red components. The juice which is bled off is delicately pale in color, though effusively perfumed of the fruit, floral and botanical essences of the grape from which it is extracted. There is no more sublimely delicious fermenting wine to taste than a clean rose. Only as the wine approaches dryness do the savory and spicy elements so critical to tonal and spatial completeness of the wine appear.
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Bonny Doon Vin Gris De Cigare 2023 750ml

SKU 953080
$14.64
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Just about 12% of this Vin Gris is composed of traditional white Rhone varieties which add a surprising richness and foundation to this wine. The balance derives from the varieties included in our Rhone blend, Le Cigare Volant, and our Central Coast Syrah. We obtain juice from these grapes via saigner, or bleeding, a modest volume of our freshly processed grenache, syrah, cinsault and mourvedre. By bleeding a small amount of juice off our red musts, we concentrate the flavor and color in the red components. The juice which is bled off is delicately pale in color, though effusively perfumed of the fruit, floral and botanical essences of the grape from which it is extracted. There is no more sublimely delicious fermenting wine to taste than a clean rose. Only as the wine approaches dryness do the savory and spicy elements so critical to tonal and spatial completeness of the wine appear.
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size
750ml
country
United States
region
California
appellation
Central Coast
Additional vintages
Overview
Just about 12% of this Vin Gris is composed of traditional white Rhone varieties which add a surprising richness and foundation to this wine. The balance derives from the varieties included in our Rhone blend, Le Cigare Volant, and our Central Coast Syrah. We obtain juice from these grapes via saigner, or bleeding, a modest volume of our freshly processed grenache, syrah, cinsault and mourvedre. By bleeding a small amount of juice off our red musts, we concentrate the flavor and color in the red components. The juice which is bled off is delicately pale in color, though effusively perfumed of the fruit, floral and botanical essences of the grape from which it is extracted. There is no more sublimely delicious fermenting wine to taste than a clean rose. Only as the wine approaches dryness do the savory and spicy elements so critical to tonal and spatial completeness of the wine appear.
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Region: California

California has long been the New World's most important and prodigious wine producing regions, with a history which stretches back to the 18th century and the Spanish pioneers who settled here. Today, California produces vast quantities of wine, and if it were a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine on earth. Despite experiencing many problems in the mid 20th century, including a very serious blight which almost crippled the state's wine industry, the ideal terroir and excellent climate ensured that Californian wines soon became the envy of the New World once again. California produces a vast range of wines, and utilizes a long list of fine grape varietals, with many wineries and their produce more closely resembling those of France and other Old World countries in regards to character, practices and flavors
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Country: United States

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
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Appellation: Central Coast

When it comes to New World wines, there are few regions quite as impressive or important as California. Running down the Pacific coast of the state, we find the long and narrow Central Coast region, a huge stretch of land which covers over two hundred and fifty miles, and features of 90,000 acres of vineyards, owned by dozens of wineries. The wineries of Central Coast are keen to show the world just how good their terroir can be for viticulture, and with the help of plenty of modern techniques and state of the art wine-making methods, they are busily making superb wines from the French and Italian grapes which thrive there. By far the most important grapes of the region are the Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot varietals which flourish under the hot sunshine, but dozens of varietals grow very well in Central Coast, making this a varied and fascinating region to explore.
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California has long been the New World's most important and prodigious wine producing regions, with a history which stretches back to the 18th century and the Spanish pioneers who settled here. Today, California produces vast quantities of wine, and if it were a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine on earth. Despite experiencing many problems in the mid 20th century, including a very serious blight which almost crippled the state's wine industry, the ideal terroir and excellent climate ensured that Californian wines soon became the envy of the New World once again. California produces a vast range of wines, and utilizes a long list of fine grape varietals, with many wineries and their produce more closely resembling those of France and other Old World countries in regards to character, practices and flavors
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