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Girard 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon (Diamond Mountain)
- Cellar Selection
- $75
Where Girard’s estate Cab is beautiful now, their Diamond Mountain bottling is one for the cellar. Veteran winemaker Marco DiGiulio has applied his considerable experience, with classic results. The wine is marked by firm tannins that make it astringent and sticky. But underneath all that is an explosion of currant, plum, licorice, chocolate and spicy curry flavor…
— S.H.
(12/15/2008)
Girard 2005 Pritchard Hill Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $75
This is easily Girard’s finest estate Cab in recent memory. It’s entirely drinkable now for the softly tannic mouthfeel and lush flavors of black currants, dark chocolate and anise that are so luxuriantly oaked. Yet it has the classic structure of a wine that will develop for many years. Just gorgeous. Best now and through 2013.
— S.H.
(12/15/2008)
Girard 2008 Petite Sirah (Napa Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- Online Exclusive
- $28
A great Petite Sirah, one that continues an amazing string of successes for the winery. Combines the variety’s robust and full-bodied berry, cherry, mocha and pepper flavors and bigtime tannins with classic Napa elegance and balance. Drinks beautifully now and will develop throughout the decade. The wine is based on fruit from a century-old vineyard.
— S.H.
(3/1/2012)
Girard 2007 Petite Sirah (Napa Valley)
- Online Exclusive
- $29
This is a big, potent, Incredible Hunk of a wine. It’s gigantic in wild, exotic blackberry, blueberry, mulberry, pomegranate, licorice, pepper and dark chocolate flavors, wrapped into firm tannins. Continues a near-perfect streak of ageworthy, dry Petite Sirahs from Girard.
— S.H.
(11/1/2009)
Girard 2005 Petite Sirah (Napa Valley)
- $28
Brings a boutique touch to this often rustic variety, with a classic structure, although no Petite Sirah can ever quite escape its brawny bulk. Nor should it want to. Blackberries, black currants, loganberries, plums, cherries, dark unsweetened chocolate, leather, coffee, violets—they all come together in this dry, fresh young wine. Will easily hold for a decade or…
— S.H.
(10/1/2007)
Girard 2002 Zinfandel (Napa Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- $24
Achieves what so many Zin producers want—a balanced, dry wine with moderate alcohol. Yet the fruity flavors haven’t been undermined. Dark stone fruits, blackberries, tobacco, bitter chocolate, sweet herbs and wonderfully ripe, complex tannins.
— S.H.
(11/15/2004)
Girard 2006 Artistry Red (Napa Valley)
- $42
This bottling has been remarkably consistent for Girard over the years. It’s always very good to excellent, and this 2006, a blend of all five Bordeaux red varieties, is one of their best ever. The wine is rich in blackberries, currants, chocolate, sandalwood and cinnamon spices, wrapped into impressively fine tannins. Drink soon, with decanting.
— S.H.
(10/1/2009)
Girard 2003 Petite Sirah (Napa Valley)
- Cellar Selection
- $24
Classic Petite Sirah, full-bodied, rich, totally dry, very tannic and fruity. So good now with something big, like short ribs, that it will be difficult to cellar, but this is a wine that will soften and sweeten over many years. And what a finish, long in ripe, wild blackberries, cherries and coffee.
— S.H.
(12/1/2005)
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