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2006 Bonny Doon Vineyard Vin Gris de Cigare
Vineyard: Bonny Doon Vineyard
Price: $15.79
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Varietal: Rosé Blend
Style: Rosé
Region: United States > California
Other Vintages: 2009 2008 2007 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1992 1990 1989 1988 1987
Drink By: 2008
WINEMAKER'S NOTE
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 gravity and seriousness without jeopardizing the final blend’s personal and electrochemical vivacity — a quality critical in the perfect aperitif, or if one wishes to wash down a Salade Niçoise unde...
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