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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,

1983 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

2 available
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1983 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1983 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1983 Mayacamas Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill

1983 Pine Ridge Stag's Leap Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue; light writing on label

1983 William Hill Gold Label Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

1983 Quail Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage

1984 Diamond Creek Lake Vineyard

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

WS  94   

1985 Opus One

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

1985 Opus One

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

1985 Diamond Creek Gravelly Meadow

12.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage

1985 Groth Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

RP  98   
WS  95   
2 available
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1985 Groth Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

RP  98   
WS  95   

1985 Buena Vista Carneros Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  94   

1986 Joseph Phelps Eisele Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  92   

1986 Joseph Phelps Eisele Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

RP  92   

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 Far Niente Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1986 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon

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

RP  96   
WS  92   
ST  91   

1986 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon

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

RP  96   
WS  92   
ST  91   

1986 Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  92   
WS  92   
3 available
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1986 Inglenook Rubicon

RP  90   

1986 Inglenook Rubicon

Light label condition issue

RP  90