1980 Grgich Hills Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 88.4 points

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  11/21/2023 - soyhead wrote:

  tasted blind
  nose- spicecake, panettone
  mouth -rich, even voluptuous. Grgich hills was something i'd never guess in a million years, in spite of the fact i've had this wine before and found it to be similar, on multiple prior occasions.

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  5/31/2022 - jnewman77 wrote:

  Nice bottle of old school Cali. This is a blend of Napa and Sonoma fruit according to the label; fully mature and likely in a slow decline, this still had lots of pleasure to offer. The nose was initially mostly earth driven, but with air showed some dark fruits, mint, tobacco alongside the damp earth and leaf litter. The palate was fully mature with resolved tannins, but still delivered some fruit and lovely earthy notes. Overall tasty and fun to try.

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  6/5/2021 - soyhead wrote:

  nose - heavy, brandied, brown sugar
  mouth - superbly rich - brown sugar, vermouth heavy almost porty.
  Possibly some bottle variation here though the patriarch claims the fill was the highest he has seen yet. Drink up!!

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  11/8/2020 - soyhead wrote:

  tasted blind, at age 40. no way I would have guessed this to be a 40 year old Napa cab. at first I got oakiness but then complex orange peel/red fruit. in the mouth lush and delicious fruit . hard to believe its a 40 year old Napa wine. but it seems its my 3rd time trying it , with quite consistent notes. so overall somewhat stunned.
  
  sticker on bottle shows it sold for $16 in its day

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  1/23/2016 - soyhead wrote:

  tasted blind. limited notes. complex with tutti fruiti flavors. no way would i guess this an early 80s napa cab

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