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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,

2007 Sloan Proprietary Red

Light label condition issue

RP  100   
ST  96   

2007 Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  96   

2007 Lokoya Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  99   
3 available
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2007 Lokoya Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Lightly depressed cork

RP  99   
2 available
Bid *

2007 Joseph Phelps Insignia

RP  99   
WE  97   
WS  96   
ST  94   
JR  17   

2007 Joseph Phelps Insignia

RP  99   
WE  97   
WS  96   
ST  94   
JR  17   

2007 Rudd Estate Oakville Estate Proprietary Red

RP  98+    
ST  92-95   
5 available
Bid *

2007 Rudd Estate Oakville Estate Proprietary Red

RP  98+    
ST  92-95   

2007 Outpost True Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  98   
ST  92-95   
4 available
Bid *

2007 Dunn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  97   
ST  93   
2 available
Bid *

2007 Snowden Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  97+    
ST  92-94   

2007 Donum West Slope Pinot Noir

WS  96   
3 available
Bid *

2007 Pahlmeyer

Light label condition issue

RP  96+    
WS  95   
ST  93   

2007 Pahlmeyer

Light label condition issue

RP  96+    
WS  95   
ST  93   

2007 Pride Mountain Vintner Select Cuvee Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  95   
3 available
Bid *

2007 Pride Mountain Vintner Select Cuvee Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly elevated cork

RP  95   

2007 Vineyard 29 Aida Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  95-98   

2007 Pride Mountain Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

RP  95+    
WS  94   
ST  93   
2 available
Bid *

2007 Pride Mountain Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  95+    
WS  94   
ST  93   
2 available
Bid

2007 Robert Foley Vineyards Petite Sirah

1.5ltr

Elevated cork; signs of past seepage; 3.5 cm ullage

RP  95+    
ST  94   
WS  92   

2007 O'Shaughnessy Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  95   
ST  91-94   
2 available
Bid *

2007 Etude Deer Camp Pinot Noir

WE  95   
RP  92   

2007 Lewis Cellars Syrah

Light label condition issue

WS  94   
2 available
Bid *

2007 Lewis Cellars Syrah

Label condition issue

WS  94   

2007 Robert Keenan Winery Spring Mountain District Cabernet Franc

RP  94