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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,

1988 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

4 available
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1988 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

2 available
Bid *

1988 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

1988 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

1988 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1988 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1988 Dunn Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly elevated cork; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1988 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  90   

1988 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

RP  90   

1987 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars SLV Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

1987 Cardinale

Light signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill

WS  95   

1987 Stony Hill White Riesling

Light label condition issue

1986 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  90   
WS  #1 of 1990   

1986 Silverado Vineyards Limited Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  97   
3 available
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1985 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill

WS  93   
MB  ****   
8 available
Bid *

1985 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill

WS  93   
MB  ****   
3 available
Bid *

1985 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue; base neck fill

WS  93   
MB  ****   

1985 Cain Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

2 available
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1984 Heitz Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

1984 Freemark Abbey Sycamore Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1984 Bouchaine J.E. Luper Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

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

1983 Heitz Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

2 available
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1983 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue; base neck fill

4 available
Bid *

1983 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill

2 available
Bid *

1983 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill

2 available
Bid *