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Grgich Hills 2003 Violetta Dessert Wine White (Napa Valley)
- $75
This Chardonnay and Riesling blend tastes TBA—totally botrytis affected—which it was, resulting in an intensely concentrated sweet wine. With 10% residual sugar, it has apricot nectar flavors and a dessert pastry, lemon chiffon thing going on. Always one of California’s top dessert wines, the ’03 is completely delicious.
— S.H.
(11/15/2006)
Grgich Hills 2001 Yountville Selection Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- Cellar Selection
- $135
One of the last releases from the class of ’01, this is a cellar candidate. It is a big, rich, unctuous wine, with gobs of black currant flavors wrapped up tight in a blanket of dusty tannins and new oak. You could drink it tonight with a great steak, but it will hold and improve for at least 10 years.
— S.H.
(2/1/2006)
Grgich Hills 2003 Paris Tasting Commemorative Chardonnay (Carneros)
- $73
This celebrates the 30th anniversary of the famous tasting where Mike Grgich’s Chardonnay, from Chateau Montelena, took first place. The wine benefited from a small, warm vintage, and is intensely concentrated in tropical fruit, nectarine, tapioca and crème brûlée flavors that easily handle 100% new French oak. Extraordinarily creamy and rich, with lively balancing…
— S.H.
(7/1/2007)
Grgich Hills 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $55
You could drink this classic Cab now, tannic as it is, because any wine this balanced and fine can be appreciated. Better to leave it be for five or ten years. It’s a dramatic wine, dense in black currants and black cherries, with a creme de cassis-like unctuousness. Oak has been judiciously applied. After all the new kids on the block have come and gone, Grgich…
— S.H.
(11/15/2005)
Grgich Hills 2001 Carneros Selection Chardonnay (Napa Valley)
- $58
Really spectacular for its concentration and the sheer intensity of the way the fruit, oak and lees flood the palate, yet crisp, balanced and elegant. Mango, papaya, peach, pineapple, vanilla, buttered toast, the works. All comes together in the long, spicy finish.
— S.H.
(12/31/2004)
Grgich Hills 2000 Violetta - Late Harvest White (Napa Valley)
- Editors' Choice
- $50
Opens with a blast of apricot, lemon mousse, vanilla, butterscotch and smoky cinnamon aromas, and then really takes off in the mouth. It’s dessert in a glass, liquid peach cobbler drizzled with honey and vanilla syrup. Very sweet, with 12 percent residual sugar, but a firm spine of acidity provides balance. An unusual blend of Chardonnay, Riesling and Sauvignon…
— S.H.
(12/1/2002)
Grgich Hills 1996 Zinfandel (Sonoma)
- $20
A really solid Zin with plenty of individuality, but also superb varietal correctness. Supple and intense, it’s the full ride. Fabulous layered fruit, clean oak and a sublime finish give this the versatility to augment anything from pizza to filet mignon. An unexpected find and really an excellent wine from this Napa label, which almost always succeeds.
— M.S.
(11/1/1999)
Grgich Hills 1999 Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $50
This dramatic and flamboyant wine is as big as they get, but never loses focus. Gigantic in its black currant flavors and well oaked, yet there’s a core in the tannins and acids that keeps this monster on a short leash. Will age for the long haul. —S.H.
— S.H.
(5/1/2003)
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