Grgich Hills Estate

Old Vine Cabernet Sauvignon
2008 Cabernet Sauvignon
Yountville

2010 Offering
Premiere Napa Valley
Auction 14 | Lot No. 93
Vintage: 2008

Grgich Hills Estate

Old Vine Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon
Yountville

10 cases produced

Description

We're proud to be the custodians of some of the oldest Cabernet Sauvignon vines in Napa Valley: a block in Yountville of the Inglenook clone that had been planted on St. George rootstock in 1959. In 2003, they suffered from red leaf virus and, wanting to preserve these ancient vines, we switched to organic and Biodynamic® farming and the vines immediately responded. The vines' new health allowed the grapes to reach full physiological ripeness, resulting in richer fruit flavors in the wine. For this Premiere Napa Valley blend, we added Petit Verdot from the same vineyard.


Aging Process

We age the wine for 21 months in French oak and then move it to larger foudres for the six months before bottling so the wine is well integrated.

Wine Facts

  • pH: 3.73
  • Wine was dry farmed
  • Sustainably produced
  • Organically produced (also commonly called "organically grown")
  • Wine is 100% estate grown and bottled

Tasting Chart

bone dry very sweet
light body very full bodied
soft, gentle very crisp
no tannins heavy tannins

Q&A With the Winemaker

Q: Premiere Napa Valley wines are innovative and allow each winery to showcase the region's sense of exploration in fine winemaking. What kind of exploration did your Premiere Napa Valley wine allow you to do?

A: These old vines are in Yountville, just north of Dominus. Making the Premier lot allows us to explore the depths of flavor you can only get from vines that have been there for 50 years.

Q: What was your inspiration for this offering?

A: The vines are more than 50 years old and its a pleasure to have them available to us.

Q: Fill in the blanks: I chose to make this wine from this particular ______________ because ______________.

A: I chose to make this wine from this particular  block  because  it's some of the oldest Cabernet Sauvignon vines still alive in the Napa Valley.

Q: Why should a wine lover have a bottle of this wine in their cellar?

A: There are very few bottles that hold Cabernet made from vines this old, also made from someone who has been making wine for 50 years.

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