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2018 Paraduxx (Duckhorn) Proprietary Red

Removed from a subterranean, temperature and humidity controlled residential cellar

Ends Sunday, 7pm Pacific

RATINGS

90Wine Spectator

This delivers a blast of violet, cassis, kirsch and black licorice notes all sewn together with a brambly thread. The flavors stay nicely in lockstep as they drive through the juicy finish.

90James Suckling

Ripe cherries, blueberries, tobacco, hazelnuts and mint chocolate on the nose. It’s full-bodied with ripe tannins and a creamy texture. Chocolatey, round finish.

90Wine Enthusiast

Densely structured, it has a firm, dry tannin profile that supports the generous oak and sweetness of dried plum and cherry, while being full-bodied and opulent in style.

REGION

United States, California, Napa Valley

Napa Valley AVA is the most famous winemaking region in the United States and one of the most prestigious in the world. With nearly 43,000 acres of vineyards and more than 300 wineries, it is the heart of fine wine production in the United States. Winemaking started in Napa in 1838 when George C. Yount planted grapes and began producing wine commercially. Other winemaking pioneers followed in the late 19th century, including the founders of Charles Krug, Schramsberg, Inglenook and Beaulieu Vineyards. An infestation of phylloxera, an insect that attacks vine roots, and the onset of Prohibition nearly wiped out the nascent Napa wine industry in the early 20th century. But by the late 1950s and early 1960s Robert Mondavi and other visionaries were producing quality wines easily distinguishable from the mass-produced jug wines made in California’s Central Valley. Napa Valley’s AVA was established in 1983, and today there are 16 sub-appellations within the Napa Valley AVA. Many grapes grow well in Napa’s Mediterranean climate, but the region is best known for Cabernet Sauvignon. Chardonnay is also very successfully cultivated, and about 30% of the AVA’s acreage is planted to white grapes, with the majority of those grapes being Chardonnay,