Grgich Hills

In February we were fortunate enough to have Sharon House welcome us to her home for a tasting of Grgich Hills wine. Grigich Hills is an "old school" Napa producer.

Mike's most celebrated achievement came in 1976 when a Chardonnay he crafted for Chateau Montelena beat the very best wines in France in a now famous blind tasting in Paris. This event that stunned the wine world catapulted the Napa Valley into the front ranks of the leading wine-producing regions of the world. "For years, everybody in the world believed that only French soils could produce great wines," Mike explains. "We shattered that myth. That was probably the most significant result of the Paris tasting.

Sharon being the hostess with the mostest

The tasting lineup included:

2007 Fume Blanc
2007 Chardonnay

2006 Grgich Hills Merlot
2006 Grgich Hills Zinfandel
2003 Grgich Hills Estate Cabernet
2004 Grgich Hills Estate Cabernet
2005 Grgich Hills Estate Cabernet
2006 Grgich Hills Estate Cabernet