Bonny Doon Clos De Gilroy Old Vine Grenache 2003

The eternal return of the (garlic) repressed. We made Clos de Gilroy for many years until we stopped unceremoniously -somebody (erroneously) thought that we were making too many wines – but we are now back in the sweaty saddle again. Who could ever forget the '89 Cuvée Tremblement de Terre (the grapes were in the press during the earthquake) or the Cuvée St. Marcel? C. d. G. is dedicated to the proposition that some grapes (viz. grenache) do their best work absolutely a capella, unadorned, as obtains in this particular case. We introduce a specially selected yeast strain, lovingly known as "71B," into crushed and destemmed grenache grapes from vineyards located "close to Gilroy" and the aromatics – all primary fruit aromas – are somewhat reminiscent of wines made by maceration carbonique. This is not a wine for long cellaring, rather for chilling down and quaffing with bistro cuisine or with barbecue. This wine is a poem about little red fruits.