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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,

2007 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  94+    
ST  93+    
JS  92   

2012 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Artemis Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  90   
JR  16   

1999 Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  94   
ST  92+    
RP  90+    

2002 Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  92-94   
ST  92   
JR  18+    
2 available
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2013 Chappellet Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  96   
VN  94   
WS  91   
2 available
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2001 Kongsgaard Syrah

RP  96   
ST  94+    

1968 Beaulieu Vineyard Beaulieu Burgundy Vineyards 2 & 4

Light capsule condition issue; 3 cm ullage; heavy label condition issue

1969 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue; vintage label askew

1970 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; label condition issue

1996 Beaulieu Vineyard Clone 6 Signet Collection Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  94   

1943 Beaulieu Vineyard Dry Sauternes

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1943 Beaulieu Vineyard Dry Sauternes

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill; label condition issue

1942 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; label condition issue; signed by the winemaker; recorked 02/1970

1942 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; label condition issue; signed by the winemaker; recorked 02/1970

1948 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; label condition issue; signed by the winemaker; recorked 02/1970

1959 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

MB  ***   

1962 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

1969 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; label condition issue; writing on label

MB  *****   
WS  92   

1972 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; label condition issue

1973 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1973 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

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

1974 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

MB  ****   

1975 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1976 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; label condition issue

RP  95   

1977 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  90   
3 available
Bid *