Renteria
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Renteria 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District)
- Cellar Selection
- $60
This remarkable Cabernet was grown and produced by a longtime Mexican-American immigrant. It is an extraordinary wine, rich and full-bodied, explosive in sweetly ripe blackberries, cherries and black currants, yet given firmness by a firm minerality that must come from the soil. Defines André Tchelistcheff’s description of Stags Leap Cabernets as an iron fist in a…
— S.H.
(3/1/2012)
Renteria 2009 River Ranch Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)
- $40
This is soft, delicate and finessed. It’s not a blockbuster, but a silky charmer that offers layers of red currants, Dr. Pepper, vanilla and sandalwood. Ready to drink now.
— S.H.
(3/1/2013)
Renteria 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- Online Exclusive
- $32
Rich and full bodied, this is delicious to drink now for its array of blackberries, currants, dark chocolate and toast flavors. The tannins are just a bit jagged, so give it a few hours in the decanter.
— S.H.
(3/1/2013)
Renteria 2009 Knittel Vineyard Pinot Noir (Carneros)
- $40
An exotic, spicy Pinot Noir, this is medium-bodied and crisp, with complex cranberry, raspberry, red licorice and smoky sandalwood flavors. Drink this dry, silky effort now.
— S.H.
(3/1/2013)
Renteria 2008 River Ranch Pinot Noir (Russian River Valley)
- Online Exclusive
- $40
Not quite ripe, with a vegetal, herbal edge to the cherry and raspberry fruit. The acidity is nice and brisk, and the texture is beautifully silky, but that tug of greenness distracts, and limits ageability.
— S.H.
(3/1/2012)
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