All wines released under this label were made by gideon beinstock the owner of clos saron during his tenure as winemaker at renaissance vineyards.
Taken from granite wine.
Taken from granite is cult wine in a slightly more literal sense.
It s not every day you get a chance to experience wines more than 20 years old.
We were simply blown away by this precious trove of wine that has been aging gracefully in the mountains of california.
Gideon beinstock has become known for his amazing clos saron wines but the history goes back much further than that.
One could go on and on but simply put wines like this are exactly why people age wine.
These well priced aged wines just re labeled and re released by noted california winemaker gideon beinstock originally came from.
If you haven t experienced this wine you have no excuse.
Sierra foothills california united states.
Taken from granite claret elegance 1996 63 cabernet sauvignon 25 merlot 12 cabernet franc.
A long and winding road from growing up in israel an artist s life of painting in paris helping to plant the renaissance vineyards in the 1970 s international wine sales and finally finding his way into winemaking at the very same vineyards he had planted almost two decades earlier.