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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,

1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

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

2004 Bond Magnum 4 Pack

4-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

1996 Dalla Valle Maya

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

RP  96   
ST  95   
WS  92   

2020 Screaming Eagle Sauvignon Blanc

3 available
Bid *

2018 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  100   
VN  98+    
JD  97   

1999 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  97   
WS  97   
ST  93   
JR  17   

2019 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon

VN  100   
JS  99   
JD  98   

2015 Colgin IX Estate Proprietary Red

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JD  100   
VN  97   
JS  97   
WS  94   

2016 Promontory Red

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WA  100   
JD  100   
VN  99   
JS  98-99   
JR  18.5   

2017 Harlan Estate

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WA  97+    
JS  97   
JD  97   
VN  96+    

1974 Heitz Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

MB  *****   
RP  98   
WS  97   
2 available
Bid *

1974 Heitz Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; mid shoulder fill; light label condition issue

MB  *****   
RP  98   
WS  97   

1974 Heitz Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue; signed bottle

MB  *****   
RP  98   
WS  97   

2007 Bond St. Eden

2-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  99   
ST  94+    
WS  93   

2021 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon

VN  98-100   
JD  96-98+    
3 available
Bid *

1985 Diamond Creek Gravelly Meadow

12.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage

2021 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon

VN  98-100   
JD  96-98+    
2 available
Bid *

2021 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon

VN  98-100   
JD  96-98+    

2012 Premiere Napa Valley Auction Gallica

6-bottle Lot

WM     
2 available
Bid *

2016 Harlan Estate

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WA  100   
JD  100   
VN  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   

2011 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes

2015 Colgin Cariad

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  99   
WA  98+    
VN  98+    
JD  98   
WS  92   

2007 Bond Vecina

2-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  100   
ST  95   
WS  94