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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,

2016 Schrader MMXVI (Old Sparky)

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue

WA  100   

2016 Schrader MMXVI (Old Sparky)

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WA  100   

1996 Harlan Estate

RP  98   
WS  97   
ST  95   
2 available
Bid *

1997 Harlan Estate

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  97   
2 available
Bid *

2002 Harlan Estate

RP  100   
WS  99   
WE  99   
ST  97   
JR  19   
2 available
Bid *

2017 Realm The Absurd

1.5ltr

WA  98   
JD  97   
VN  96+    

2017 Realm The Absurd

1.5ltr

WA  98   
JD  97   
VN  96+    

1982 Diamond Creek Red Rock Terrace

3.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  90   

1974 Mayacamas Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  90   

2010 Schrader Fantastic Four

4-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case

2007 Harlan Estate

Base neck fill

RP  100   
VN  98   
ST  97   
JS  97   
WS  96   
JR  17+    
2 available
Bid *

2014 Bond Pluribus

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JD  98   
WA  97+    
VN  97   
JS  96   
CT  94.5   
2 available
Bid *

1977 Joseph Phelps Eisele Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; base neck fill or better; light label condition issue

1977 Joseph Phelps Eisele Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

1982 Diamond Creek Gravelly Meadow

3.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

2021 Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  99   
JD  98   
WA  96+    
WS  95   
JR  18+    

2013 Myriad Cellars Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Elysian Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

RP  100   
JD  100   
JS  94   

2001 Opus One

3-bottle Lot

ST  91   
RP  90   
JR  17   
2 available
Bid *

2001 Opus One

3-bottle Lot

See item details for bottle notes

ST  91   
RP  90   
JR  17   

1983 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Capsule condition issue; Case condition issue

2005 Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

RP  96   
WS  96   
ST  95   

2019 Opus One

3-bottle Lot

WA  97-99   
JD  96-98   
WS  95   
CT  92.5   
3 available
Bid *

1978 Diamond Creek Gravelly Meadow

Light label condition issue

RP  92   
WS  91   
2 available
Bid *

1978 Diamond Creek Gravelly Meadow

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  92   
WS  91   

2021 Sign of the Dove Beckstoffer Missouri Hopper Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  98   
JD  97+    
WA  96