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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,

2002 2820 Wine Co. The Ghost

2000 Abiouness Stanly Ranch Pinot Noir

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

2006 Abreu Cappella

Lightly depressed cork

RP  94   

2007 Abreu Cappella

Lightly depressed cork

RP  96   

2008 Abreu Cappella

Lightly depressed cork

WA  97   
RP  94-97   

2011 Abreu Cappella

RP  95   
VN  94   

2012 Abreu Cappella

JS  100   
RP  96+    
VN  96   
2 available
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2013 Abreu Cappella

RP  96   
VN  95-98   
4 available
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2014 Abreu Cappella

JS  98   
JD  98   
WA  96   
WS  96   
VN  96   
3 available
Bid *

2017 Abreu Cappella

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  98   
WS  97   
JD  97   
WA  96+    
VN  95   

2006 Abreu Howell Mountain Red

Lightly depressed cork

RP  95+    

2007 Abreu Howell Mountain Red

RP  98+    

2008 Abreu Howell Mountain Red

Lightly depressed cork

WA  96   

2011 Abreu Las Posadas

RP  95   

2014 Abreu Las Posadas

JS  99   
JD  97   
VN  96   
WA  95   
3 available
Bid *

2018 Abreu Las Posadas

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JD  99+    
WA  98   
WS  98   
VN  96+    

1992 Abreu Madrona Ranch

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  90   

1993 Abreu Madrona Ranch

Light label condition issue

RP  94-96   

1996 Abreu Madrona Ranch

Light label condition issue

RP  98   
ST  93+    

1996 Abreu Madrona Ranch

1.5ltr

RP  98   
ST  93+    

1999 Abreu Madrona Ranch

RP  93   
3 available
Bid *

2002 Abreu Madrona Ranch

RP  100   
2 available
Bid

2002 Abreu Madrona Ranch

Label condition issue

RP  100   

2004 Abreu Madrona Ranch

RP  97   

2006 Abreu Madrona Ranch

RP  96+