Matt Perlman

9.2

Opening granite crown is always a treat. So much warmth and spice left in it, a marvel as this was the first vintage that Gideon bottled I believe — 7 months ago

Leah Weissburg

9.1

Starts soft finishes strong. Cult shit. — 3 years ago

Nicky Sampogna

9.2

Delicious. Very enjoy. Little chalk. But not a bad one. — 4 years ago

Dennis Hogenkamp

9.2

15.6% ABV Peppery
Enjoying upon first night in Hermosa, CO north of Durango 10 minutes — 5 years ago

Rhonely Boy

9.3

Most appropriate bottle at this point in my life.

Renaissance Syrah + Transfer Station Blue (Shrieve + Schulze)

— 5 years ago

Rhonely Boy

9.2

Vendage Tardive 100% Roussanne.

A savory late harvest wine, best paired with savory vs. sweet food.

California earthy soil profile, golden grass, tea-like tannin, Chrysanthemum bitter, candle wax. Clean Acidity, not notably sweet.

Very good late harvest savory wine, not dessert sweet.

*possibly corked

— 6 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

8.9

The diversity of wines “Made in California” is astounding especially up the coastal area’s of and in the Sierra foothills close to Sacramento. Very nice Rose unfiltered. Lime and red currants - fresh and bright. — 7 years ago

"Odedi"

9.0

A tasty Rosé from Sierra Foothills in California.

Medium bodied with medium plus acidity.

Dry on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing red fruits with citrus, apples, spices and minerals.

Nicely balanced and elegant. Easy drinking and good by itself or with food.

100% Single Vineyard Syrah grapes.

12.8% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$24. — a year ago

Matt Perlman

9.3

Going strong. This was actually the “Reserve” cab whatever that means…still don’t really understand what their nomenclature was. Regardless, it’s a very strong vintage for the wine with the red fruit still intact, leather and umami rounding out the picture — 4 years ago

Matt Perlman

9.1

Classic Renaissance nose of cherries, cassis, leather and herbs. Palate is drying slightly but still incredibly elegant. Time to drink up but this wine has had quite an arc , and in its heyday was truly great. Maybe not quite at the level of @Pooneet K ‘s Monte Bello from tonite but in the conversation IMO! — 5 years ago

Patrick Peters

9.2

This bottle is killer! 2015 — 5 years ago

J Choi

9.5

Great find! Wine from cult. Shopping by label. — 5 years ago

Justin Hansohn

9.2

Just what you want from an aged Northern California Cabernet. The aroma is a delicate perfume of perfectly grown, perfectly made into wine with no aim at overachieving, total purity. All the tannin has completely softened and the aroma of graceful aging is present. The granite can be felt in the mouth and dense rough texture that has been worked almost smooth over the last 25 years. The terroir signature is not super loud in this, but I’ll take the overt and delicate pleasures that this offered and forget about that. Good to the last drop. Lots of sediment in this which I really don’t mind, but good to note for anybody digging into a bottle. Extra point for being completely natural and achieving such a clean and pure pleasurable result at 25 years of age and having only arrived in the mail one week ago. Remarkable. — 6 years ago

Eric Urbani

9.4

Fabulous blend of 60% SB and 40% Syrah, chalky, from Yuba county CA. Not your typical strawberry bomb - about as far away from that as you can get — 7 years ago

"Odedi"

9.0

Pretty color of light peach with a salmon tint.

Fruity nose with red apples, tart strawberries, raspberries, cherries, citrus, minerals, sea salt, and light spices.

Medium-bodied with medium-plus acidity. Crisp and refreshing.

Dry on the palate with raspberries, strawberries, citrus, cherries, lemons, apples, light earth, herbs, and sea salt.

Tangy finish with limes and tart raspberries.

This is a very tasty Rosé from the Sierra Foothills in California.

Nice and easy drinking right out of the bottle. Well-balanced and elegant. Neither tart nor bitter, which I liked.

This Single Vineyard Rosé is good by itself as a sipping wine. Tangy and interesting.

100% Syrah whole-cluster grapes were fermented in stainless steel vats.

12.8% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$24. — 2 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.5

Not many CA semillons floating around. Legendary vineyard! Preserved lemon, nuts, honeysuckle, honey with a bit of spice, hint of vanilla, good funk, great acidity. I keep wanting more. Amazing with point Reyes pierce point cheese. — 4 years ago

Alder Yarrow

Wine Blogger Vinography

9.4

A gift from the past becomes magic of the present, in the hands of @ownrooted. This is a pitch-perfect interpretation of Pais / Listan Prieto, the grape brought north from Mexico by Franciscan friars and planted so religiously (had to do it) at the outposts they established that it simply became known as the Mission grape. At its best, and make no mistake, this bottle is among that company, it offers bright strawberry and sour cherry fruit married to dried floral and herbal notes and shot through with electric minerality. Unbelievably refreshing and delicious. These bottle are crazy scarce, I think my annual allocation as a long time mailing list member is merely one (1), but if you can get your hands on one, it will be worth it. — 5 years ago

Justin Hansohn

9.2

Fantastic. Still raging at 2 weeks old. I really love the soulful in the vineyard overachieving going on at this winery. It shows extremely. — 5 years ago

Matt Perlman

9.1

Very intense, still young and developing, exotic elixir of lychee, mango, apricot, honey, nutmeg, and a bit of petrol, not as unctuous or saturating as, say, a Sauternes, solid cheese plate accompaniment or with fruit-based desserts or rich/spicy cuisine — 6 years ago

Rhonely Boy

9.2

50% Mourvedre, 25% Syrah, 25% Grenache, biodynamic, hand picked fruit. (Rating 9.2-9.3)

Thank you for being present then, to be my present now. Great Job!

Amazing 14 year old GSM from California. Cherry notes are surprisingly fresh and vibrant, well balanced (acid/tannin) delicious dark notes in the background (leather, chocolate, tannin). Fruity without being sweet. “With 0.4% residual sugar — not so much to make it even remotely sweet or turn it into a stereotype of a California fruit bomb, but enough to render it tender” - Wicker Parker - 11.01.2010 http://www.renaissancewinery.com/scripts/winepg.cfm/_/8/2006/Mediterranean-Red/

https://www.sfchronicle.com/wine/article/The-lost-civilization-of-California-wine-13174708.php

https://www.ttb.gov/images/pdfs/North_Yuba_petition.pdf

http://www.renaissancewinery.com

http://www.beingpresent.org

— 6 years ago