Grgich Hills Estate Yountville 'Old Vine' Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

This 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon, Yountville Old Vine is a testament to the complexity of flavours that are the result of caring for old vines.

The wine is elegant and statuesque with aromas of blackberries, ripe blueberries, black currant, cinnamon and caramel. It is an age-worthy, dense and inky wine with surprisingly silky tannins that opens up to reveal more complex notes of red pepper, sandalwood and bay leaf. Enjoy this wine with roasted rack of lamb, Wagyu beef and truffled roasted fingerling potatoes.

The 2018 vintage was a bountiful vintage marked by cool, consistent temperatures and a timely rainfall for bud break in March and April. Harvest began rather late, on October twenty-fifth, and the grapes were of the highest quality with lower alcohol and high acidity.

Many might be aware of the famous “Judgement of Paris” tasting of 1976. It was this very same tasting that put the Grgich wines on the map in many ways. While they were not yet an established winery, that came about in 1977, Mike Grgich was the winemaker of the winning Chardonnay (from Chateau Montelena) of the Paris tasting. Quickly after California was gaining heat after the tasting he got under way with his sister to create the now famed Grgich Hills Estate.

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