Winery Bonny DoonBien Nacido Vineyard X-Block Syrah
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Bien Nacido Vineyard X-Block Syrah of Winery Bonny Doon in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Bien Nacido Vineyard X-Block Syrah
Pairings that work perfectly with Bien Nacido Vineyard X-Block Syrah
Original food and wine pairings with Bien Nacido Vineyard X-Block Syrah
The Bien Nacido Vineyard X-Block Syrah of Winery Bonny Doon matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef lark, moroccan lamb stew or couscous from the sea.
Details and technical informations about Winery Bonny Doon's Bien Nacido Vineyard X-Block Syrah.
Discover the grape variety: Airen
Simple, refreshing whites with a pale robe and a tender mouth, featuring discreet aromas of apple, citrus, fresh herbs and neutral notes. Moderate acidity, best drunk young. Very productive and drought-resistant, it produces easy-drinking whites in La Mancha DO and Valdepeñas DO on the Castilian plateau, and has historically supplied the base for Brandy de Jerez distillation. Native Spanish grape, long the world's most planted by surface area.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Bien Nacido Vineyard X-Block Syrah from Winery Bonny Doon are 2013, 0
Informations about the Winery Bonny Doon
The Winery Bonny Doon is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 89 wines for sale in the of Santa Maria Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Santa Maria Valley
First AVA of Santa Barbara (1981) on an east-west valley swept by Pacific winds: signature Pinot Noir dominant as king red with herbaceous, savoury notes and lifted red fruits, fine acidity and silky tannins. Energetic Chardonnay with tropical and floral aromas, king whites (a third of production). Also Rhône Syrah and Viognier, confidential Grenache and Marsanne. Very cool climate over a long season, a Burgundian and northern-Rhône identity.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Decanter
1) Glass container with a narrow neck used to aerate or decant the wine. 2) Decanter wines: wines that are drunk young and that were once drawn directly from the barrel. For example, some Muscadets or Beaujolais.
