Region: California - Napa Valley
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
Alcohol: 13.5%
Notes on the Wine
The wine opens with notes of fresh lime, star fruit, stinging nettle, capsicum, and black pepper on the nose. On the palate, lime and recurring fresh tropical aromatics are present. Wet stone minerality complements the complex mid-palate, and mouth-watering acidity carries the wine into a long finish.
Notes on the Producer
Miljenko “Mike” Grgich first gained international recognition at the celebrated “Paris Tasting” of 1976. Then, in a now-historic blind tasting, a panel of eminent French judges swirled, sniffed, and sipped an array of the fabled white Burgundies of France and a small sampling of upstart Chardonnays from the Napa Valley. When their scores were tallied, the French judges were shocked: they had chosen the 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay, crafted by Mike Grgich, as the finest white wine in the world. Mon Dieu! The results stunned the international wine establishment and immediately earned Mike a reputation as one of the greatest winemakers in the world.
