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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,

1979 Heitz Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  90   

1979 Heitz Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill

WS  90   

1979 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; base neck fill; label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  90   
MB  ***   

1979 Inglenook Rubicon

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

VN  93   

1978 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 9.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; light writing on label; signed by the winemaker; Case condition issue

RP  98   

1978 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; depressed cork; signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

WE  94   
RP  90   
WS  90   
MB  ****   

1976 Diamond Creek Red Rock Terrace

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  93   

1976 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; base neck fill; label condition issue

RP  95   

1976 Mayacamas Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

VN  96   

1975 Cuvaison Cabernet Sauvignon

Light signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill

RP  93   
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1975 Cuvaison Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  93   

1975 Cuvaison Cabernet Sauvignon

Signs of past seepage; base neck fill

RP  93   

1975 Cuvaison Cabernet Sauvignon

Light signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill

RP  93   

1975 Cuvaison Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  93   

1974 Heitz Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

MB  *****   
RP  98   
WS  97   

1974 Heitz Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

MB  *****   
RP  98   
WS  97   

1974 Heitz Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue; signed bottle

MB  *****   
RP  98   
WS  97   

1974 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

MB  *****   
RP  93   

1974 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

JR  18.5   
RP  91   

1974 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

JR  18.5   
RP  91   

1967 Mayacamas Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

VN  94   

1956 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

MB  ***