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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,

1966 Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

2 available
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1966 Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue; label is askew

1966 Robert Mondavi Pinot Noir

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; 3.5 cm ullage; label condition issue

1966 Robert Mondavi Pinot Noir

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

1966 Robert Mondavi Pinot Noir

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; label condition issue

1966 Robert Mondavi Pinot Noir

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

1966 Robert Mondavi Zinfandel

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; label condition issue

1966 Robert Mondavi Zinfandel

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

1966 Robert Mondavi Zinfandel

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

1975 Charles Krug Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

1976 Caymus Special Selection Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

1976 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  95   

1984 Diamond Creek Lake Vineyard

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  94   

1986 Joseph Phelps Insignia

Lightly depressed cork

WS  93   
RP  90   
2 available
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1986 Joseph Phelps Insignia

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; base neck fill

WS  93   
RP  90   

1986 Joseph Phelps Insignia

Light capsule condition issue

WS  93   
RP  90   

1986 La Jota Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  90   
2 available
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1986 Whitehall Lane Cabernet Sauvignon

1987 Caymus Special Selection Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

1989 Heitz Trailside Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

12-bottle Lot

Light capsule condition issue

1989 Heitz Trailside Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

12-bottle Lot

Light capsule condition issue

1989 Dunn Cabernet Sauvignon

6-bottle Lot

Light capsule condition issue

WS  90   

1989 Diamond Creek Red Rock Terrace

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 3.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; Light case condition issue

1989 Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Valley Merlot

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue

1990 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cask 23

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork

WS  95   
RP  91