Bonny Doon Bouteille Call (500ml). Framboisified Port of Syrah. What is the wine like? For one thing, it is not a wine so much as a call to action, an entreaty, an appeal to reacquaint oneself with the pleasures of the sensual world. It also happens to be an unguent/boisson [to be] slathered about or accompany the most tasty and tender chocolate covered bits one can, well, tender. [On] a more qualitative plane, the wine is almost unnaturally rich and viscous. When it is poured, the aromas of raspberry, cassis and licorice fairly billow out of the glass in and almost cartoony, Barbara Eden-like fashion. Though the wine has considerable tannin, that feature is largely buried under the richness and extract and yumminess. This iteration of Bouteille is slightly less sweet than the previous version, but no less luscious. "Decadent" is an adjective that is grossly overused within the academy of wine writers, but one can easily imagine Hef in the grotto, washing down his little blue friend with a glass or three of BC in anticipation of innumerable momentos de verdad. - Winemaker's Notes