Does an Angelica dessert wine get chilled?

Dookus

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Fri Mar-04-05 03:49 PM
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Does an Angelica dessert wine get chilled?

I just received my shipment from the Bonny Doon wine club, and it includes two bottles of Angelica dessert wine. It's an amber fortified wine, mostly mission grape.

Is it served chilled or at room temp?

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patrice

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Fri Mar-04-05 03:52 PM
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1. Room temp with espresso with a twist of lemon. n/t

Edited on Fri Mar-04-05 03:53 PM by patrice

Cigars for those so inclined. Chocolate for me.

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Beaverhausen

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Fri Mar-04-05 03:53 PM
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2. I visited that winery last saturday

they have some amazing wines there. We brought home a nice Syrah.

How do you like their wine club?

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Dookus

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Fri Mar-04-05 03:56 PM
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3. I love the wine club

I'm in the Esoteric Wine Network (DEWN) and I get four bottles every other month of interesting wines.

You were at the winery? You were just a few miles from me!

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Beaverhausen

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Fri Mar-04-05 03:59 PM
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4. I was at the one in Paso Robles. It was beautiful there

is that where you are?

how much $$$ is that wine club? Is there a website?

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Dookus

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Fri Mar-04-05 04:04 PM
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6. ah, sorry

they have a Santa Cruz tasting room right near me. I didn't know they had one in Paso Robles.

You can check out the wine clubs at: https://www.bonnydoonvineyard.com/wineclubs

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Beaverhausen

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Fri Mar-04-05 04:08 PM
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7. Actually the Paso Robles tasting room burned down last year

Edited on Fri Mar-04-05 04:09 PM by Beaverhausen

we were in the temporary room.

http://www.bonnydoonvineyard.com/tasting/pasorobles

Paso Robles wine country was beautiful and of course very green from all the rain we have been having.

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Dookus

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Fri Mar-04-05 08:01 PM
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10. I'll have to get down there sometime

and check it out. The local tasting room is great - intelligent, knowledgeable kids working there who are friendly and mighty generous with the samples. They also have a really low-pressure approach to sales. In fact, it's no-pressure. Just tasting the stuff makes you wanna buy some.

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DS1

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Fri Mar-04-05 03:59 PM
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5. What Angelica wants, Angelica gets

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Susang

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Fri Mar-04-05 04:17 PM
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8. Are you having communion tonight?

I had no idea you were Catholic? I'll pray for you. }(

Anyway, I'm assuming the Angelica is made the traditional way, 50% Mission grapes and 50% Muscat, then fortified with brandy. It should be slightly chilled to about 50-55 degrees.

Of course, no wine should really ever be served above 60 degrees. Kills the complexity, dontcha know. ;-)

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Dookus

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Fri Mar-04-05 04:23 PM
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9. this one is actually

Edited on Fri Mar-04-05 04:23 PM by Dookus

97.4% Mission, 2.6% Zinfandel, by varietal composition. 18% alcohol by volume, 20.8% residual sugars.

They say it was made by "adding neutral grape spirits and some fairly fragrant Muscat brandy to lightly fermented mission grape juice"

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