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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,

1984 Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 6.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage

RP  93   

2014 Lokoya Diamond Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  96   
JD  96   
VN  91   

2014 Lokoya Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  99   

2014 Lokoya Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JD  100   
RP  99   
VN  93   

2014 Lokoya Spring Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  98   
JD  98   
VN  92   

2005 Sloan Proprietary Red

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  96+    
ST  95   
WS  94   

2013 Sloan Proprietary Red

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  98   
VN  97   

2015 Sloan Proprietary Red

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WA  100   

2016 Sloan Proprietary Red

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes

JD  99   
WA  97-100   
VN  97   

1983 Diamond Creek

3-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case, 3.0ltr

See item details for bottle notes

2016 Continuum Proprietary Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

Lightly elevated cork

VN  100   
JS  100   
WA  99   
WS  93   

2010, 2012, 2014-2016 The Napa Valley Reserve Red

6-bottle Vertical

2010 Araujo Estate Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WA  98   
JS  97   
WS  94   
ST  93-96   

2008 Tusk Estates Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Cardboard Case

Light label condition issue

2010 Tusk Estates Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Cardboard Case

WS  95   

2011 Tusk Estates Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Cardboard Case

2012 Tusk Estates Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Cardboard Case

2013 Tusk Estates Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Cardboard Case

2014 Tusk Estates Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Cardboard Case

2016 Maybach Materium

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

Lightly depressed cork

WA  99   
JD  99   
WS  93   

2021 Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  99   
JD  98   
WA  96+    
WS  95   
JR  18+    

2011 Cardinale

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

VN  96   
ST  92   
RP  91   
JR  17.5+    

2021 Ovid Winery Hexameter

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  98   
VN  97+    
JD  97+    
WA  94   
JR  17+    

1997 Plumpjack McWilliams Oakville Estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Cork & Screwcap)

2-bottle Mixed Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes

RP  90   

1992 Grace Family Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; etched bottle