2003 Red Wine Blend Napa Valley

An etched 3 Liter of Artistry - ready for the cellar or your next dinner party! It holds the equivalent of four 750ml bottles.

91 Points - Connoisseurs Guide to Californnia Wine
Good Value! – Relatively outgoing yet not at all overdone. This ripe, multifaceted wine smells of currants, black cherries and hints of orange-rind with a lavish backdrop of rich, creme brulee and lightly toasted oak notes. Full but not heavy in palatal impact and tasty from front to back, the wine carries the expected tannins of youth and seems assured of future softening and rounding with bottle age. In today’s Cabernet market, this one is an absolute bargain at the price.
2003 Girard Artistry, Napa Valley, Etched 3L
$275.00
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Release Type
Current
Wine Type
Red
Bottle Size
3.0L
Vintage
2003
Appellation
Napa Valley
Varietal
Red Wine Blend
Varietal Notes
56% Cabernet Sauvignon
21% Merlot
9% Cabernet Franc
9% Malbec
5% Petit Verdot
Winemaker Notes
The 2003 vintage is a bright garnet colored wine with aromas of kirsch, red currant, red plum, lavender and allspice. There are also hints of tobacco, grilled walnuts and campfire smoke. On the palate, this silky-textured wine offers a full-mouth, medium bodied feel. The chewy tannins are very well integrated, making the wine elegant and approachable at an early age. There are multiple layers to this complex blend that reveal themselves through decanting or by giving the wine time to open in the glass.
Rating
91 Points - Connoisseurs Guide to Californnia Wine
Good Value! – Relatively outgoing yet not at all overdone. This ripe, multifaceted wine smells of currants, black cherries and hints of orange-rind with a lavish backdrop of rich, creme brulee and lightly toasted oak notes. Full but not heavy in palatal impact and tasty from front to back, the wine carries the expected tannins of youth and seems assured of future softening and rounding with bottle age. In today’s Cabernet market, this one is an absolute bargain at the price.
Alcohol content
14.30%
Oak
French
Time in Oak
24
Case Production
4827
Winemaker Name
Marco DiGiulio

Vintage Notes

The blend consists of 100% Napa Valley fruit coming primarily from Oakville, using a combination of hillside and valley floor vineyards.

Winemaker Notes

The 2003 vintage is a bright garnet colored wine with aromas of kirsch, red currant, red plum, lavender and allspice. There are also hints of tobacco, grilled walnuts and campfire smoke. On the palate, this silky-textured wine offers a full-mouth, medium bodied feel. The chewy tannins are very well integrated, making the wine elegant and approachable at an early age. There are multiple layers to this complex blend that reveal themselves through decanting or by giving the wine time to open in the glass.


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