Dirty & Rowdy

Shake Ridge Ranch Mourvedre

9.334 ratings
9.317 pro ratings
Amador County, Sierra Foothills, California, USA
Mourvedre
Pasta, Beef, Chili & Hot Spicy, Hard Cheese, Lamb, Potato, Mushrooms, Salami & Prosciutto, Pork, White Rice, Tomato-Based, Pungent Cheese, Venison, Onion, Shallot, Garlic
Top Notes For
Joshua McCasland

Such great stuff! Damn near perfect with the octopus at Pearl & Ash.

Such great stuff! Damn near perfect with the octopus at Pearl & Ash.

4 people found it helpfulApr 16th, 2014
Alison Story

TexaCali Ali - Owner of www.texacaliwine.com & Co-Owner of the upcoming www.smithstorywinecellars.com

9.8

I dare say it's a perfect red for me, true to it's grape, earth & a pleasure to drink.

I dare say it's a perfect red for me, true to it's grape, earth & a pleasure to drink.

Dec 19th, 2014
Beau Carufel

Winemaker/Owner Random Wine Company

9.5

How do you describe awesome? Tart, ridiculously fun, fruit, mineral, soul, love.

How do you describe awesome? Tart, ridiculously fun, fruit, mineral, soul, love.

May 24th, 2014
John Trinidad

Wine Blogger SFWineBlog

9.0

¿Quien es "dirty" y Quine es "rowdy"? Gracias Señores!

¿Quien es "dirty" y Quine es "rowdy"? Gracias Señores!

Nov 26th, 2013
Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.3

Earth, fruit and spice, in equal measure.

Earth, fruit and spice, in equal measure.

Nov 6th, 2013
Michael Cruse

Owner Cruse Wine Company

9.5

Wow. Damn good Hardy.

Wow. Damn good Hardy.

Oct 25th, 2013
Doug Banks

Sales & Marketing Terroir Selections

8.9

Super delicious! I've been hearing about this wine. Dud not disappoint.

Super delicious! I've been hearing about this wine. Dud not disappoint.

Sep 16th, 2013
John Trinidad

Wine Blogger SFWineBlog

8.9

Release the tiger.

Release the tiger.

Aug 1st, 2013
Beau Carufel

Winemaker/Owner Random Wine Company

9.3

Boom. Drinks like souls and love.

Boom. Drinks like souls and love.

Apr 27th, 2013
Chris Scanlan

Sales Amy Atwood Imports

9.3

THIS... is... Seriously. Good. Phucking. shtuff. Surprisingly good...? Maybe. Luckily good..? Perhaps. Unless you've met Dirty: Which most of the wine drinking USA has -but, rather, intentionally fucking good. AND -possibly luckily too -as long as luck has something to do with exceptionally talented farming combined with tremendous desire(s) to make vibrant and ridiculously love-able fermented grape juice of pure integrity and a casually particular design. This wine is that friend you only get to see once a year, that one you cannot wait to see again. The wine is too young to rate with any opinion other than Rawesome, and while I've only had one bottle, I've certainly not had enough to offer an opinion against Rawsome -therefore tasting notes be damned -yet, this can be said: here is a clean wine, lacking brett or VA or other 'flaws'; a bright, refreshing jubilant anthem of untainted wine, an ode to a grape that will likely become California's bastard child once popularity hits and Dirty & Rowdy prices climb to astronomical, near Tempier-like pricing and ficcichlty to come by. (I liked ficcichlty over difficulty since spellcheck kept it purposely so did I.). Oh wait, they're already ficcichlt to come by. Damn it.

THIS... is... Seriously. Good. Phucking. shtuff. Surprisingly good...? Maybe. Luckily good..? Perhaps. Unless you've met Dirty: Which most of the wine drinking USA has -but, rather, intentionally fucking good. AND -possibly luckily too -as long as luck has something to do with exceptionally talented farming combined with tremendous desire(s) to make vibrant and ridiculously love-able fermented grape juice of pure integrity and a casually particular design. This wine is that friend you only get to see once a year, that one you cannot wait to see again. The wine is too young to rate with any opinion other than Rawesome, and while I've only had one bottle, I've certainly not had enough to offer an opinion against Rawsome -therefore tasting notes be damned -yet, this can be said: here is a clean wine, lacking brett or VA or other 'flaws'; a bright, refreshing jubilant anthem of untainted wine, an ode to a grape that will likely become California's bastard child once popularity hits and Dirty & Rowdy prices climb to astronomical, near Tempier-like pricing and ficcichlty to come by. (I liked ficcichlty over difficulty since spellcheck kept it purposely so did I.). Oh wait, they're already ficcichlt to come by. Damn it.

Mar 30th, 2013