2014 Bonny Doon Vineyard Le Cigare Volant- USA, California (11/15/2019)
Pick up at UPS, and then open a bottle. Fresh red fruit, leathery and earthy notes are supported by moderate tannins and a good acidic backbone. This is quite nice, especially at the discounted price. Glad to have a bunch of 1/2 bottles for casual drinking.
A few years after we opened our store, one of our wine reps dropped in and dropped a BS story on us and we learned a valuable lesson. He touted the wine as an ode to cigars, blended to accompany most cigars with a natural or Connecticut wrapper. We bought a couple cases and told the regulars his story for about a week until I put it on the website. To make sure I got the rep’s story right I went to Bonny Doon’s website and learned the truth, “no flying cigars, (saucers), allowed.” The rep’s BS story sold more wine than the truth. It really was a good wine with a cigar, or for sipping before dinner back then. We didn’t find it paired well with our usual menu of spicy or heavily sauced dinners at the time.