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Alexander Valley

Alexander Valley is an American Viticultural Area just north of Healdsburg, in Sonoma County. It was granted AVA status in 1984, with amendments made in subsequent years. The Russian River flows through the valley, and the region was named for Cyrus Alexander, a 19th century landowner and grape grower. The AVA includes 15,000 vineyard acres, much of it rich, alluvial soil layered on a bed of gravel, somewhat similar to many vineyards in Bordeaux. Alexander Valley is sheltered from marine weather by the low hills northeast of Healdsburg, though it is often shrouded in the morning fog coming off the Russian River. Some of the earliest commercial winemaking in the area started in the 1880s, when immigrants formed the Italian Swiss Colony cooperative at Asti. The region made jug wines until the 1960s and 1970s, when a new wave of quality-minded producers started estates. Today Alexander Valley is home to some of California’s most admired wineries, including Simi, Stonestreet and the Francis Ford Coppola Winery. Silver Oak Cellars, though based in Napa Valley, has a second winery in Alexander Valley where it makes Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. Many grapes do well in the Alexander Valley, including Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Zinfandel.

1973 Simi Cabernet Sauvignon

Signs of past seepage; base neck fill; label condition issue

1973 Simi Special Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1977 Simi Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1978 Jordan Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

MB  **/**   

1978 Jordan Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

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

MB  **/**   

1978 Jordan Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

MB  **/**   

1980 Jordan Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1980 Chateau St. Jean Individual Dried Bunch Selected Late Harvest Robert Young Vineyards Johannisberg Riesling

375ml

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

2 available
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1980 Chateau St. Jean Individual Dried Bunch Selected Late Harvest Robert Young Vineyards Johannisberg Riesling

375ml

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

1980 Chateau St. Jean Individual Dried Bunch Selected Late Harvest Robert Young Vineyards Johannisberg Riesling

375ml

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; 3 cm ullage; light label condition issue

1981 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

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

WS  92   

1981 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue

WS  92   

1981 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

WS  92   

1982 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage

WS  90   

1982 Sommer Vineyard Fruit & Trading Co. Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1983 Jordan Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

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

6 available
Bid *

1983 Jordan Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

2 available
Bid

1984 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

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

RP  91   

1984 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  91   

1984 Jordan Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

1985 Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

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

RP  92   
CT  91   
MB  ****   

1985 Jordan Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; heavy label condition issue

1986 White Oak Myers Limited Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue; light writing on label; signed bottle

1986 Gan Eden Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; label condition issue

1987 Jordan Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  90