Taken From Granite, “Soleil” 1995

A Renaissance Wine produced at the height of Gideon’s time in the cellar there; having planted the vineyards in the ‘70s and returning in the early ‘90s as head winemaker and immediately implementing low-intervention vinification techniques, this is a relic from another time in the sweetspot of its life. At least 75% Cabernet Sauvignon on decomposed granite/volcanic bedrock, the wine aged for 22 years in the cellars at Renaissance before being purchased back and re-labeled by Gideon.