Mood: Enlightened

Wine Selection: Bonny Doon’s 2000 Le Cigare Volant

Happy New Year All!  I had a fantastic bringing in of the New Year.  It involved awesome wine and great food.  Cafe Cruz, a Santa Cruz County favorite restaurant, came through with a delightful roasted chicken with garlic roasted potatoes…YUM! 

I brought the vino, not because Cafe Cruz doesn’t have a great list, but it’s New Years, I wanted to bring some wines with gusto.  I brought two bottles (there were 4 of us so don’t worry), the first was Silver Mountain’s double gold medal winning Pinot Noir.  The fruit was sourced from Tondre’s Grapefield in Santa Lucia Highlands…phenomenal!  This 2003 Pinot still had bright fruit and the classic earthy finish that I love.  That wine went with the appetizer and it matched the bruschetta perfectly! 

On to the the main course, the chicken that I mentioned earlier with the 2000 Bonny Doon Le Cigare Volant was delicious. 

This wine is a flagship for Bonny Doon and is typically more fruit foward with an elegant tannin finish.  Due to the age, and old school cork closure, the fruit had become much more elegant as well.  It was so rounded, I didn’t want it to ever end!

Now for the enlightened part of my mood…I realized that I have control over how I react to my environment.  I know that this may seem odd, but I was “sweating the small stuff.”  What’s the point?  Bad things happen, it’s how you react that makes them either a TERRIBLE experience or a learning experience.  It’s not rocket science, I know, but try it.   It definitely takes a conscious effort.

Good Luck!

The Moody Wine Drinker

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