Bonny Doon Vineyard Carignane Contra Costa County Ancient Vines 2009

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Winery: Bonny Doon Vineyard
Region: USA » California » San Francisco Bay
Varietal: Carignan

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Allston, MA (400 mi) USD 18.00 $18.⁰⁰
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Deep ruby colour to this, with a slightly weird nose of bananas and acetone -- would almost make you think it were a gamay. In the mouth it's a bit... Read more

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Robert Dallas Gray

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Vintage: 2004 06/09/2009

Deep ruby colour to this, with a slightly weird nose of bananas and acetone -- would almost make you think it were a gamay. In the mouth it's a bit out of balance -- tart but somehow unconvincing acid and odd, gritty tannins. There's a sweet edge (which I find in a lot of Californian warmer-climate wines) that just about topples the wine and makes it, in my view, very hard to match with food. It would need red meat to smooth the tannins, I think, but then what red meat would go with that weird banana aroma and tip-of-the-tongue sweetness? All in, a typically eccentric wine from Randall Grahm, but in this case, not such a successful experiment.