, Bonny Doon Vineyard Le Cigare Orange – Delightfully Intriguing

A fascinating find at Trader Joe’s, we review the Bonny Doon Vineyard Le Cigare Orange.

40% Grenache Gris (a mutation of the Grenache Noir grape that has more of a pinkish hue) from the Loma Del Rio Vineyard, 40% Grenache Blanc from the Beeswax and Windfall Vineyard, 10% Grenache from the Sweetwater Vineyard and 10% Orange Muscat from the Carrasco Vineyard, all in the Central Coast of California. It is also vegan friendly.

We’ve been fans of Randall Grahm’s Bonny Doon Vineyard for as long as this site has been around, so we were delighted to spot this one at Trader Joe’s on a recent trip. And we were even more intrigued when we saw it was an “orange” wine (a white wine made with extended skin contact, like a red wine).

One look at the interesting mix of grape varieties here and you know, in true Boony Doon style, this isn’t just a straightforward orange wine either. Let’s check it out.

The wine has an SRP of $18 but it is available widely for $14.99 including at some Trader Joe’s locations.

From the bottle:

Skin-Contact Wine Of The Earth

Orange Cigare? This is neither a wine made from oranges nor something that one might smoke. Rather, it refers to the curious orange color obtained when one ferments white grapes on their skins. “Orange” wines have the haunting fragrance of an elegant white wine – in this instance, the unmistakable scent of peach – and the textural

This Article was originally published on The Reverse Wine Snob

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