Roberto Carli

9.7

Many years on and it gets even more stunning! Last of a 6-pack of one of their best vintages, popped the cork because i felt tense about years of bad apartment storage but it’s still got plenty in the tank. On my book, only a handful of super Tuscans can compare with this. Perfectly ripe black fruit on the nose, like a Margaux-style cab but with a subtle herbal-Mediterranean profile to it. Cassis, pencil shavings, rosemary-thyme-basil, hints of turned earth but super clean with zero rusticity, oak is fully integrated, barely there. Palate leads with great freshness, silky tannins, lingering acidity and finish — 3 years ago

Andrew Liguori

9.1

Unsweetened cranberries, mouthful of black tea tannins, roses, and racy acid. Fool you for a Barolo. Cellar worthy. Mediterranean fish stew pairing — 5 years ago

Mary B

9.4

Aromatic, with bold fruit flavors. Still bright and crisp, making it a great pair for grilled meats and summertime Mediterranean dishes. — 5 years ago

Carsten Rudolph

9.1

Very dark wine - nice bouquet of forest floor and mushrooms, black fruit - the taste is dominated by a heavy tannin attacking the gums - also some black fruits in the mouth and mediterranean herbes, garrigue - long, dry aftertaste... — 6 years ago

Brett Nelson

9.3

Wonderful dry red. Had with Greek Christmas dinner and was an excellent full bodied dry backstop to the Mediterranean spices. Cassis, vanilla, cloves. Luscious nose.

Would be good with any tomato based dish, or Indian curry?

Buy again! — 6 years ago

Jordan Savitsky

10

Delicious. 2016 vintage. Israeli wines stepping it up! — 7 years ago

Simon Weston

9.0

Randy’s suggestion - had to have it with a little fevertree tonic. Olive & thyme botanicals. Smooth and good - almost makes my top 5. — 7 years ago

Clay Bullwinkel

9.3

Good, Mediterranean fruit, herbs, medium bodied still with room to improve. — 3 years ago

Anastassia Laskey

9.0

Exactly the wine I want to drink when in Iceland eating lamb ribs at a Mediterranean restaurant. For being a very substantial red it has an unexpected ripe fruit taste. A little hint of grain or lentil on the nose and perhaps this hint of sumac is just wishful thinking based on the name of the restaurant? 😇 — 5 years ago

Kurt Schuster

9.1

Ate this with Middle Eastern/Mediterranean food. Really opened up after a while and paired wonderfully. Need to give it at least 20 minutes or so before it shows his true expression of rose petals and light chewy fruit. Cool round flavors with enough structure to keep things balanced. — 5 years ago

Carrie LeZotte

8.9

Good for a change I’d you like Zinfandel.
plum deal tasting 1/21/21 — 5 years ago

Matt Perlman

9.1

Pale straw and slightly opaque in the glass, nose is warm and inviting with lemon, stones, dried flowers and honey. This is ripe and broad but with more than enough cut to keep it refreshing, with juicy green pear, lemon verbena, almond, dried flowers and herbal notes. Would go great with anything Mediterranean or a nice grassy goat cheese — 6 years ago

"Odedi"

9.4

This is a great after dinner sweet dessert wine.

Showing apricots, honey, Mediterranean spices, citrus, lemons, yellow apples, kiwi, pineapple, white pepper.

Great nose with great complexity.

Very complex and tasty and Good by itself.

Will be good in the next 10 years.

Luscious and delicious.


94 points.

12% alcohol by volume — 6 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

Stupidly good with hand made pizza and Mediterranean salad.

Sweet and sour dark cherries framed in dark fruits, layered baking spices and nice wood use.

Seriously hitting its stride with at least another ten years of good drinking ahead. — 7 years ago

Pat A

9.9

Wow, wonderful. Had at Victoria's Bistro for our 28th anniversary with Mediterranean flatbread, chilled gazpacho, seafood cake and Mac & cheese. — 4 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.3

Earthy dark fruit layered in warm Mediterranean spices and soft, rounded tannins. — 5 years ago

with Sander, Janelle and 2 others

Jay Kline

9.2

From a 3L bottle that I have cellared since release. I always hesitate to open these large format bottles, instead making excuses to hold them for longer since they tend to age at a glacial pace. However, we were hosting a large group of people for my 40th birthday dinner and since we were having lamb and rice, and big bottles are meant for big parties, and the world hasn’t been able to enjoy many big parties over the last 14 months, I figured WTFN. In an attempt to maximize the potential of the bottle, I pulled the cork almost 30 hours prior, a recommendation from by buddy Tim who tends to know a lot more about these things. I left the bottle in my cellar, allowing it to slow-ox. By dinner the following evening, this was absolutely singing. Gorgeous, translucent ruby color with a slight brownish rim. Ripe red fruits just ever so slightly stewed, red flowers, dry earth, and dried Mediterranean herbs. This bottle was positively bursting with energy! Bone dry. Medium+ tannin; medium+ acid. The finish was long and somewhat saline and was an absolutely sublime pairing with our Khaleeji fare. A fabulous bottle and a much better showing than the 2013 (standard format) that I recall drinking a few years back. — 5 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

Chip Hughes

9.2

Waxy yellow fruits, saline. Savory. Great richness, balanced by big acids. As Mediterranean as it gets. — 7 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.0

Lemon in colour. Notes of Orange peel and Quince on nose and palate. Medium to full bodied. Refreshing uncomplicated drinking. The base wine, Grillo, used in Sicily for the fortified Marsala - a style that has fallen out of favour in recent times. Tasted again 30 weeks later on 10th May 2019 with consistent notes as above. Tasted again on 9th October 2019 with consistent notes. Also notes of old apples and quince as previous. A delicious Mediterranean white and excellent QPR. — 8 years ago