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• mvande21 Likes this wine: 93 points

  January 7, 2024 - Four hour decant. Fading garnet with slight edge bricking. First bottle consumed since my 2019 review. This has improved. More fragrant and very smooth with cherry, plum, leather and other secondary notes. Very well balanced. The fruit is showing little diminishment. Medium weight with purity and less minerality than many other Renaissance wines. I would even describe this as elegant, almost like a quality Pinot. It paired well with crab cakes and charcuterie. Tremendous value for $18.

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• James Kim Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 31, 2023 - Stood up for a 1.5 days and then decanted off sediment. Now 3.5h after decant. Somewhat shy but lovely aromas of dried cherries, cassis, currants, brown tobacco, leather and a hint of cedar. Palate w dried tart cherries, currants, cassis, leather, brown tobacco. Medium body w excellent acids and barest touch of VA. Med tannins. Nice finish fruit that echoes. Elegant and complex. Mouth watering acids. The polar opposite of the big, new oak driven stereotypical CA cab sauvignon. Old school CA winemaking at it's best. Just beautiful with reverse seared ribeye steak. Drinking beautifully now and I think it's at peak. Don't think the wine will fall off anytime soon but still, it's great now. Open last bottle in the next 1-2 yrs. 93+

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• Mimesis wrote: 90 points

  April 21, 2023 - Nicely balanced cali cab, still in its prime. Not life changing, but worthy.

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• James Kim Likes this wine: 92 points

  July 17, 2021 - Drank with Meredith over flank steak. Stood up for several weeks and decanted off fine sediment for 3h in wine fridge then back into bottle. Drank 5h after decant. Lovely aromas of currants, tart cherries, leather, cedar and a bit of eucalyptus. Tart cherries on the palate followed cassis, currants, minerals, leather, cedar and a bit of eucalyptus again. Excellent acids on a medium body. Elegant but still with some weight. Drinking really well. 92+

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• floating_cellar wrote: 92 points

  July 11, 2021 - Fantastic old school wine

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2002
• Type Red
• Producer Renaissance
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sierra Foothills
• Appellation North Yuba
• UPC Codes 717332301414, 717332302046

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• In Cellars 118 (50%)
• Consumed 119 (50%)

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