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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,

1999 Opus One

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WS  93   
ST  93   
JR  18   

2000 Opus One

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WE  92   
VN  91   

2001 Opus One

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes; Light case condition issue

ST  91   
RP  90   
JR  17   

2022 Caymus 50th Anniversary Cabernet Sauvignon

1977 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1987 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  90   
WS  #40 of 1990   

2002 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill

WS  93   
WE  90   

2002 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

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

WS  93   
WE  90   

2007 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  92   

2013 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  94   

2021 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

2001 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue

RP  96   
CT  93.5   
WS  93   
WE  93   

2002 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  93   
WE  91   

2007 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill

WS  96   
RP  93   
JR  17   

2009 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WE  97   
WS  93   

2011 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

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

RP  95   
WS  94   
ST  92+    

2011 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

RP  95   
WS  94   
ST  92+    

2011 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

RP  95   
WS  94   
ST  92+    

2014 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  91   

2019 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue

2019 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

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

2002 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes

RP  96   
WS  93   
WE  91   

2002 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes

RP  96   
WS  93   
WE  91   

2007 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Case condition issue

WS  96   
RP  93   
JR  17   

2003 Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon

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

RP  98