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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,

2016 Diamond Creek Red Rock Terrace

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

WA  98+    
WS  95   
WE  95   
VN  94   

2012 Diamond Creek Red Rock Terrace Fortieth Anniversary Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WA  96   
VN  93   

2006 Pride Mountain Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

RP  98   
WS  89-91   

2006 Pride Mountain Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

RP  98   
WS  89-91   

1977 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; label condition issue; Case condition issue

WS  90   

2002 Lokoya Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  96+    
WS  92-94   
ST  91+    

2007 Lokoya Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Lightly depressed cork

RP  99   
2 available
Bid *

2008 Continuum Proprietary Red

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

WA  96   
WS  96   
ST  95   
WE  91   
WS  #80 of 2011   
3 available
Bid *

2008 Continuum Proprietary Red

1.5ltr

Lightly elevated cork; label condition issue

WA  96   
WS  96   
ST  95   
WE  91   
WS  #80 of 2011   

2009 Continuum Proprietary Red

1.5ltr

VN  95+    
WA  94   
WS  94   
WE  92   
4 available
Bid *

2010 Continuum Proprietary Red

1.5ltr

Lightly elevated cork

RP  97   
WS  93   
ST  92-94   

2012 Continuum Proprietary Red

1.5ltr

WA  97   
JS  96   
WS  94   
VN  94   
ST  93-96   
2 available
Bid *

2012 Continuum Proprietary Red

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

WA  97   
JS  96   
WS  94   
VN  94   
ST  93-96   

2013 Continuum Proprietary Red

1.5ltr

JS  99   
WA  98   
VN  98+    
WS  94   
JR  15   

2014 Continuum Proprietary Red

1.5ltr

JS  99   
WA  97   
VN  97   
WS  92   

2014 Continuum Proprietary Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

JS  99   
WA  97   
VN  97   
WS  92   

2000 Araujo Estate Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WS  92   
ST  92   
RP  91   

1980 Inglenook Rubicon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue; signed bottle

WS  92   

2014 Inglenook Rubicon

1.5ltr

RP  95+    
VN  95+    

2016 Pahlmeyer

1.5ltr

VN  97   
WA  96+    
JS  96   
JD  96   
WS  94   
3 available
Bid *

2003 Pahlmeyer Merlot

1.5ltr

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

RP  92   
WS  90   
ST  89-90   

2003 Pahlmeyer Merlot

1.5ltr

Signs of past seepage

RP  92   
WS  90   
ST  89-90   

2003 Pahlmeyer Merlot

1.5ltr

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

RP  92   
WS  90   
ST  89-90   

2018 Alpha Omega

1.5ltr

JS  93   
WA  92   
2 available
Bid *

2018 Alpha Omega

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

JS  93   
WA  92