Sigma Chi was founded on June 28, 1855, by Benjamin Piatt Runkle, Thomas Cowan Bell, William Lewis Lockwood, Issac M. Jordan, Daniel William Cooper, Franklin Howard Scobey, and James Parks Caldwell as a result of a disagreement over who would be elected poet in the Erodelphian Literary Society of Miami University in Ohio. In short, Sigma Chi began because good men chose to act. 

These seven young men wanted something better in a fraternity during their collegiate experience, and from that recognition, a dream was born - the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

Our seven founders recognized that a principle-driven lifestyle should be paramount in an individual's lifelong quest to achieve progressive development and that the world in which they lived had a great need for ethical leaders whose core principles were based on the possession of a remarkable character.  

From the foothills of Calistoga, we present Seven Founders, Grand Reserve - one of our smallest production, single-vineyard wines we have ever offered.

This truly enchanting Cabernet encapsulates the beautifully faceted and darkly melodic qualities of the vineyards locus amoenus while simultaneously harnessing the brooding, dense fruit tones of Calistoga fruit. 

Aromas of brown spice tempt the nose, giving way to classic Calistoga fruit density. Darkly melodic waves of plump fruit tones focus the palate within a mesmerizing tunnel of dusted blackberries, dark cherries, and strawberries. Perfectly nuanced high tones define a sense of lift and verve you rarely experience in even the finest Cabernets as the finish wanes to a soft lake of lasting flavor.

Each bottle is hand-waxed, hand-stamped with the White Cross in the wax, hand-numbered, and packed in wood wool in its own hand-numbered wooden crate with a specially made sliding wooden lid by the Proprietor & CEO, Significant Sig Brandon R. Chaney, himself.

From grape to bottle to wooden crate - a complete labor of love. For those who only want the best!

Extremely Limited and Exclusive Production: 40 Cases

Retail Price: $225.00 / 750 ml

1855 Club Member Price: $180.00 / 750 ml