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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,

1978 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 9.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; light writing on label; signed by the winemaker; Case condition issue

RP  98   

1980 Beringer Lemmon-Chabot Vineyard Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

9.0ltr

Light signs of past seepage; label condition issue; 11cm ullage; exposed cork; missing capsule

WS  90   

1980 Beringer Lemmon-Chabot Vineyard Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 9.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; light label condition issue; signed by the winemaker; fill level is 5.5cm below the wax capsule; Light case condition issue

WS  90   

2002 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

6.0ltr

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

RP  96   
WS  93   
WE  91   

1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  94   
JR  17   
WS  #5 of 2000   

2009 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

6.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; etched bottle

WA  98   
WE  97   
WS  96   
ST  94-96   

1997 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

6.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill

ST  93+    
RP  92   
WE  91   

1996 Dalla Valle Maya

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

RP  96   
ST  95   
WS  92   

1997 Dalla Valle Maya

6.0ltr

RP  99   
ST  95+    

1999 Dalla Valle Maya

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

RP  97+    
ST  96   
WS  95   

2019 Accendo Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

WA  98+    
WS  96   

2005 Vin Perdu Cabernet Sauvignon

6.0ltr

Light label condition issue; signed bottle

JR  17   

2012 Caymus 40th Anniversary Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Signed bottle

RP  96   
WS  91   

1995 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

WS  93   
RP  90   

1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

3.0ltr

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  94   
JR  17   
WS  #5 of 2000   
2 available
Bid *

2002 Shafer Vineyards Merlot

3.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue

RP  93   
ST  90   

1996 Colgin Herb Lamb Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Light writing on label

RP  97   
WS  94   
ST  93   

2012 Aubert Larry Hyde & Sons Vineyard Chardonnay

3.0ltr

RP  96-98   
WS  92   

1982 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 3.0ltr

See item details for bottle notes

WS  94   

2013 Chappellet Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Light label condition issue; etched bottle

RP  96   
VN  94   
WS  91   

2015 Alpha Omega Era

3.0ltr

JD  98   
WA  95   
WS  94   
JS  94   
VN  92+    

2018 Alpha Omega Era

3.0ltr

WA  99   
JD  99   
VN  95   
JS  95   

2018 Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 3.0ltr

Etched bottle

WA  99   
JS  99   
WS  97   

1998 Vineyard 29 Proprietary Red

3.0ltr

Etched bottle

RP  90   
4 available
Bid *

2001 Vineyard 29 Proprietary Red

3.0ltr

Etched bottle; exposed cork

RP  96   
ST  89-90