*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample for review from the winery.
Fall! And red wines! Who knew how quickly the weather would turn in DC? I got scolded by my kid’s preschool teachers for not sending her in warm enough clothes today. I guess that means it’s 1.) time to move her to New England so she toughens up 2.) bust out the long pants 3.) eat lots of apples and 4.) switch (gradually) back to the red section of my basement again. Tonight we broke out the 2008 Bonny Doon Le Cigare Volant En demi-muid. The Volant sports a screw cap closure, clocks in at 14.2% alcohol by volume, and retails for $45 a bottle. It’s a blend of Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, Cinsault, and Carignane.
Four takeaways from this wine:
1.) Fall in a glass! Spice, tea, lighter red fruits, this wine screams fall.
2.) En demi-muid means the wine is aged in 500 and 600 liter barrels instead of typical barrels which hold about half that amount of liquid.
3.) The price is a little lofty.
4.) While I enjoyed just sipping the wine watching trashy tv, I would pair it with marinated pork chops.
On the nose I found spice, tea, cherry, current, raspberry, earth, a little meat, and some darker fruit notes. In the mouth I got black cherry. So much black cherry that it took me some time to move on and find anything else. eventually some raspberry, tea, and another berry I couldn’t quite identify emerged. Overall the fruit on the palate showed as tart and fresh.
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