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SUPER RARE LARGE FORMATS OF CALIFORNIA'S BEST PRESENTED IN LARGE FORMATS OF WHICH ONLY VERY FEW WERE MADE
GROTH VINEYARDS
Founded in 1982, Groth Vineyards is still 100 family owned and operated. The Groth Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon blend is made from Cabernet grapes grown on the Oakcross Vineyard in Oakville and Merlot grapes from the Hillview Vineyard south of Yountville. 1985 marked one greatest Groth wines ever made and this excepionally rare impériale allows admirers to continue to enjoy this wine from an impeccable source.
Groth, Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon--Vintage 1985
Napa Valley
Level: into neck; pristine
Signed by Dennis Groth
"Groth's 1985 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve has consistently scored between 96-100 on six separate tastings. It was the winner of its flight in one tasting, and was undoubtedly the "wine of the vintage" for 1985 California Cabernet Sauvignon. Never as backward as many of its peers, it has always revealed a sweet, expansive, black-cherry and vanillin-scented, complex nose, as well as lavishly rich, full-bodied flavors that coat the palate with extraordinarily pure fruit, ripeness, power, and extraction. Its inner-core of sweetness and magnificent length put this wine into the category of celestial, legendary efforts. While unbelievably rich, the wine never comes across as heavy. It can be drunk now, but it promises to last for another 10-15+ years. Is Groth's 1985 Reserve the finest California Cabernet Sauvignon made during the decade of the eighties?" Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #98 (Apr 1995)
1 impériale per lot
GROTH VINEYARDS
Founded in 1982, Groth Vineyards is still 100 family owned and operated. The Groth Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon blend is made from Cabernet grapes grown on the Oakcross Vineyard in Oakville and Merlot grapes from the Hillview Vineyard south of Yountville. 1985 marked one greatest Groth wines ever made and this excepionally rare impériale allows admirers to continue to enjoy this wine from an impeccable source.
Groth, Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon--Vintage 1985
Napa Valley
Level: into neck; pristine
Signed by Dennis Groth
"Groth's 1985 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve has consistently scored between 96-100 on six separate tastings. It was the winner of its flight in one tasting, and was undoubtedly the "wine of the vintage" for 1985 California Cabernet Sauvignon. Never as backward as many of its peers, it has always revealed a sweet, expansive, black-cherry and vanillin-scented, complex nose, as well as lavishly rich, full-bodied flavors that coat the palate with extraordinarily pure fruit, ripeness, power, and extraction. Its inner-core of sweetness and magnificent length put this wine into the category of celestial, legendary efforts. While unbelievably rich, the wine never comes across as heavy. It can be drunk now, but it promises to last for another 10-15+ years. Is Groth's 1985 Reserve the finest California Cabernet Sauvignon made during the decade of the eighties?" Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #98 (Apr 1995)
1 impériale per lot