1985 Grgich Hills Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

About the Winery Grgich Hills Estates has been one of the pillars of the Napa Valley since it opened in 1977, one year after founder Mike Grgich helped put the region on the map during the famous Judgement of Paris. This seductive Cab Sauv proves that the winery’s Napa-shaping presence is as strong as ever. Deep notes of blackberries and black licorice are perfectly tempered by a suggestion of allspice, while velvet-smooth tannins lead the wine to a elegantly long finish. Napa probably wouldn’t be Napa without Mike Grgich. After all, his skilled winemaking played a key role in the production of the legendary Chateau Montelena that won the famed Judgement of Paris competition in 1976 that set the wine world off its axis. Since he co-founded Grgich Hills Estate for 1977, his uncanny penchant for shaping the path of Napa, and the rest of the viticultural world as a whole, has made the winery worthy to bear his name a perpetual driving force behind the California wine scene. He’s left his