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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,

2015 Harlan Estate

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Base neck fill

WA  100   
JD  100   
JS  99   
CT  97.5   
VN  97   

2016 Harlan Estate

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light label condition issue; Light case condition issue

WA  100   
JD  100   
VN  98+    

2016 Harlan Estate

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WA  100   
JD  100   
VN  98+    

2018 Harlan Estate

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  100   
WS  99   
VN  98+    
WA  97-100   
JD  97-99   
JR  18   

2019 Harlan Estate

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WA  100   
WS  96   

2003 Harlan Estate The Maiden

Light label condition issue

WE  96   
RP  93   
ST  90+    

2005 Harlan Estate The Maiden

Light label condition issue

RP  93   
ST  91-93   

2006 Harlan Estate The Maiden

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
WE  93   
RP  91   
ST  91   

2008 Harlan Estate The Maiden

WA  92   
ST  90+    

2008 Harlan Estate The Maiden

WA  92   
ST  90+    

1979 Opus One

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

WS  91   

1980 Opus One

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

VN  95   

1981 Opus One

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill

1982 Opus One

Capsule condition issue; label condition issue

MB  ***   

1982 Opus One

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

MB  ***   

1984 Opus One

Capsule condition issue; label condition issue

1991 Opus One

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

RP  92   
JR  17   

1992 Opus One

Base neck fill; light label condition issue; lightly scuffed capsule

RP  92   
WS  92   
VN  90   

1994 Opus One

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  92   
JR  18.5   

1994 Opus One

Light label condition issue

RP  92   
JR  18.5   

2013 Opus One

JS  100   
RP  98   
VN  97   
CT  94.4   
WS  92   
JR  18.5   

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