If you haven t experienced this wine you have no excuse.
Taken from granite wine.
Gideon beinstock has become known for his amazing clos saron wines but the history goes back much further than that.
Taken from granite cabernet sauvignon 750ml shows off all the aromatics and flavors you d expect out of a 20 year old cabernet cedar sandalwood dried cherries cinnamon clove a whiff of vanilla.
The taken from granite project is owned by clos saron.
Sierra foothills california united states.
These well priced aged wines just re labeled and re released by noted california winemaker gideon beinstock originally came from.
Re released under the label taken from granite three cuvée were hand picked by gideon and are showing outstandingly right now the 1995 soleil the 1996 elegance and the 1997 village.
It s not every day you get a chance to experience wines more than 20 years old.
Taken from granite is cult wine in a slightly more literal sense.
Taken from granite claret elegance 1996 63 cabernet sauvignon 25 merlot 12 cabernet franc.
We were simply blown away by this precious trove of wine that has been aging gracefully in the mountains of california.