Celebrating Nearly 20 Years in Business
Santa Barbara's Oldest Retail Wine Shop

Recent Arrivals:

2007 Kistler Sonoma Mountain "Les Noiseliers" Chardonnay $59

2007 Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils Châteauneuf-du-Pape $55
RP 93: dense plum/purple color as well as a wonderfully sweet nose of fresh black truffles, incense, blue and black fruits, roasted herbs, and earth. The wine is full-bodied and pure with fresh acids, silky tannins, and a voluptuous mouthfeel.

2007 Domaine Alain Normand Mâcon La Roche-Vineuse $17

2006 Philippe Colin Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Vergers $49.50
STELLAR Chardonnay!

2008 Achaval-Ferrer Malbec (Argentina, Mendoza) $22.50
a wonderful full bodied Malbec from Argentina's Top Winery!

2005 Waterstone Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley) $24.50

2008 Talley Vineyards Chardonnay Edna Valley $24.50

2008 Babcock Pinot Noir Deja Vu Estate $55

2008 Babcock Pinot Noir Ocean's Ghost Vineyard $55

Two of Our Favorite Sauvignon Blancs from Sancerre:

2008 Domaine Andre Neveu Sancerre Le Manoir $25.50

2008 Pascal & Nicolas Reverdy Sancerre Cuvée Les Coûtes $27

A Few GREAT Pinot Noirs from Burgundy:

2006 Guy & Yvan Dufouleur Fixin 1er Cru "Clos du Chapitre" $56

2007 Henri Delagrange & Fils Volnay Vieilles Vignes $42

Fantastic Biodynamic / Organic Wines
from the Cotes du Rhone:

2007 Domaine Grand Nicolet Côtes du Rhône Villages Rasteau Vieilles Vignes $23.50

2008 Domaine les Grands Bois Côtes du Rhône Cuvée les Trois Soeurs $14

2008 Domaine Alary Côtes du Rhône Villages Blanc Cairanne La Font d'Estévenas $22

JUST IN:

2007 Vine Cliff Winery Los Carneros Chardonnay $23.50 reg 38

2005 Château La Louvière (France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan) $28

2007 M. Chapoutier Banyuls Vin Doux Naturel $21 500ml

2005 Chateau Louvierre Graves $28

2005 Chateau La Vieille Cure Grand Vin de Bordeaux $36

2006 Chateau de Sales Pomerol $20

2008 Fantinel Pinot Grigio $13.50

2007 Domaine Fevre Chablis 1er Cru Fourchaume $28

2008 Barat Petit Chablis $19

2008 Chateau de la Greffiere Macon "Sous Le Bois" $17

2007 Paul Jaboulet Cotes du Rhone "Parallele 45" $11.50

2007 Domaine Zumbaum-Tomasi Pic-St-Loup "Clos Maginiai" $24

 

Abbreviations:
WA Published in The Wine Advocate
RP Robert Parker
WS Wine Spectator magazine.
IWC Stephen Tanzer:International Wine Cellar website.
BH Allen Meadows' Burghound.com.
RW Renegade Wines.

Thank you for your support,

Frank Crandall
and the team at
Renegade Wines
417 Santa Barbara Street Suite A-6
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805-568-1961
www.renegadewines.com

 

 

Our Featured Wines for March

2008 Sean Minor Four Bears Pinot Noir $17.50

Tasting Notes: This Carneros Pinot Noir is medium-bodied with blueberry, cherry, plum and light toast flavors. On entry, the wine displays blue fruit characters that are balanced with the lingering spicy/earthy notes. The vanilla and toast nuances integrate well with the silky round tannins which evolve into a lengthy finish.

Winemaking Notes: Our Pinot Noir fruit is a blend of Pommard and Dijon clones from carefully selected vineyards in the Carneros region of Napa Valley. All grapes are hand-picked at night and early mornings to keep the fruit at optimal temperatures. The fruit is then de-stemmed into bins and placed into open top fermenters. The fruit is cold-soaked for 3 days prior to initiating fermentation. Once fermentation begins, each tank is punched down two to three times per day to maintain consistent contact between the must and pommace throughout fermentation. Once the wine is fermented dry it is racked to barrels for completion of malo-lactic fermentation. The wine is aged 10 months in 100% French oak of which 20% is new.

2007 Domaine Grand Nicolet
Côtes du Rhône Villages Rasteau Vieilles Vignes $23.50

RP 93: Chocolate, creme de cassis, graphite, and pen ink characteristics can be found in the inky/purple-colored 2007 Cotes du Rhone-Villages Rasteau Vieilles Vignes. Old vine Grenache dominates this full-bodied, powerful, tannic, brawny, muscular wine. Think of it as a nose tackle in professional football, it’s that big..