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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,

1979 Beaulieu Vineyard Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

1980 Beringer Lemmon-Chabot Vineyard Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  90   

1982 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

RP  90   
3 available
Bid *

1982 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

RP  90   

1982 Villa Mt. Eden Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue

1983 Pine Ridge Stag's Leap Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

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

1986 Inglenook Rubicon

Light label condition issue

RP  90   
4 available
Bid *

1986 Inglenook Rubicon

RP  90   

1986 Groth Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

RP  92   

1987 Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue

RP  90   

1987 Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill

RP  90   

1990 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  90   

1990 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill

WS  90   

1990 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  90   

1990 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

Very top shoulder fill

WS  90   

1990 Raymond Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

1990 St. Supery Dollarhide Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

1990 Robert Sinskey RSV Vineyard Pinot Noir

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

1990 Oakford Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

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

RP  90   

1990 Guenoc Beckstoffer Vineyard Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  92   
2 available
Bid *

1992 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  92   

1992 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill

WS  95   
RP  92   

1992 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill

WS  95   
RP  92   

1992 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  92   

1992 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

WS  95   
RP  92