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Bonny Doon Vineyard

Central Coast, CA
Bonny Doon Vineyard
Le Cigare Volant Réserve
2010 Vintage
Central Coast, CA
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Bonny Doon Vineyard 2010 Le Cigare Volant Réserve
When a wine icon, James Beard award-winning author, and creative genius was interested in partnering to raise money for charity, we jumped! We are thrilled and honored to feature a wine from Randall Grahm, the original Rhône Ranger and master-mind behind Bonny Doon Vineyard. This flagship Rhône-style red blend is identical to the Le Cigare Volant normale label, but its 23 months of aging sur lie in 5 gallon glass carboys (wine fermentation containers) is what sets it apart. This method rendered a beautifully integrated and complex wine.
On the nose, tobacco, cherry wood ash, wild blackberry, bramble, cigar box, leather and garrigue. Is that a note of brandy? Raw ginger? Definitely a sweet spice layer. Cinsault lends the Montmorency cherry, one of the flavor elements typically associated with Cigare (and also, coincidentally seems to get the final word in over the protestations of the vocal, Syrah). But don’t let that fool you—this is no fruit bomb. There are strong suggestions of iodine—meaty and bloody. This wine is all about elegance, and seems to disarmingly suggest a Burgundian take on Châteauneuf-du-Pape, if such a notion can be fashioned. This is not an ordinary wine. What is most noteworthy about it is its amazing silky texture, savoriness and infinite length. The 2010 Le Cigare Volant Réserve is wine to be savored and studied over a long meal with dear friends. It will benefit enormously from a gentle decanting or even just sitting in large glass for 30 minutes, especially when consumed young. This bodes well for the wine’s great ageing potential. ~Tasting notes by Bonny Doon Vineyard Founder and Winemaker, Randall Grahm
Detailed Information:
Varietals
28% Syrah
22% Grenache
17% Cinsault
17% Mourvedre
16% Carignane
Aging Potential
Drink or cellar until 2020
Region
Central Coast, CA
Production
511 cases
Winemaker/President/Rhone Ranger/Author
Randall Grahm
Additional Winemaker Notes
Inspired by the wines of Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Aged in French oak barrels for a short time
Indigenous yeast utilized
Malolactic fermentation
Additional fermentation in 5-gallon glass carboys (wine fermentation containers)
Sur lie for 23 months
Blog:
Learn more about the inspiration behind Randall Grahm's wine masterpieces on our blog page, The Daily Flight.