#491 Independence Day Drinks

To commemorate the American Independence Day I tried a bottle of wine from one of my favourite American Producers, the 2006  Le Cigare Volant from Randall Grahm's Bonny Doon Vineyard.

A big, smoky wine with loads of tobacco coming off, but shrouded in fantastic bramble fruit aromas.  The palate has more of the smoke, dark stone fruit with a dollop of black pepper.  Yet despite all these bigger flavours, it is so well balanced, elegant and has a freshness at the end that finishes off the wine like a good last chapter in a book.  A great wine from a great winemaker. 92pts