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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,

2007 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

Light writing on label

RP  93   
WE  93   
JR  18   

2011 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

2014 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  91   
VN  90   
6 available
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2017 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

WE  94   
JD  93+    
WA  92   
WS  92   
VN  92   
JS  92   
2 available
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2017 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WE  94   
JD  93+    
WA  92   
WS  92   
VN  92   
JS  92   
2 available
Bid *

2021 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

JS  96-97   
WS  95   
JD  94   
WE  93   
WA  92   
JR  15   

2022 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

JR  16+    

2022 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

JR  16+    

2022 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

JR  16+    

2021 Far Niente Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

JS  96   
WA  92   
WS  92   
2 available
Bid

2021 Far Niente Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

JS  96   
WA  92   
WS  92   

2021 Far Niente Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

JS  96   
WA  92   
WS  92   

2021 Far Niente Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly elevated cork

JS  96   
WA  92   
WS  92   

2021 Far Niente Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

JS  96   
WA  92   
WS  92   

1968 Beaulieu Vineyard Beaumont Pinot Noir

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

2016 Beaulieu Vineyard Clone 4 Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  95+    
JS  95   

1943 Beaulieu Vineyard Dry Sauternes

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill; label condition issue

1968 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

MB  *****   
RP  95   
WS  93   

1972 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; base neck fill; label condition issue

1974 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

MB  ****   

1979 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  93   
CT  92   
RP  90   
MB  ***   

1981 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

2 available
Bid *

1982 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  90   

1982 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  90   

1985 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  95   
MB  ****