Please see our updated 2013 review here: Grgich Hills Estate Revisited
Grgich Hills Estate was started in 1977, a year after Mike Grgich produced the famous Chateau Montelena Chardonnay that placed first in Paris in 1976. It definitely belongs on your list of wineries to visit when you are in Napa Valley. Grgich Hills Cellar is right on Highway 29 and very easy to find. It is certified organically and biodynamically farmed and is family owned. Only natural yeasts are used in their wines.
Grgich Hills Estate was started in 1977, a year after Mike Grgich produced the famous Chateau Montelena Chardonnay that placed first in Paris in 1976. It definitely belongs on your list of wineries to visit when you are in Napa Valley. Grgich Hills Cellar is right on Highway 29 and very easy to find. It is certified organically and biodynamically farmed and is family owned. Only natural yeasts are used in their wines.
Our tasting began with the 2009 Fume Blanc, a crisp wine
with a very nice long finish. The 2008 Chardonnay does not undergo malolactic
fermentation and is not overly oaked so it
tasted like a real chardonnay and is quite good. The 2007 Zinfandel had
nice fruit but was not a fruit bomb and had some pleasantly soft tannins
probably from the 5% Petite Sirah. It was aged in French oak for 15
months. The 2006 Merlot had flavors of cherry with some pleasantly soft
tannins. My favorite of the three reds was the 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon
that spent 21 months in French oak. It is a Bordeaux
type blend with 5% Petit Verdot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 3% Merlot. It had a lovely blackberry nose and was very
drinkable.
1829 St. Helena Hwy
Rutherford, CA
94573
(707) 963-2784
Visited 3/29/2011
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