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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,

2022 Schrader

6-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case

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   

1978 Mayacamas Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; heavy label condition issue

VN  100   
WS  92   

2012 Premiere Napa Valley Auction Gallica

6-bottle Lot

WM     

2018 Colgin IX Estate Proprietary Red

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WA  100   
JD  100   
WS  99   
JS  98   
JR  18+    

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   

2021 Colgin Cariad

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  100   
DE  100   
JD  100   
WA  98   
WS  96   

2008 Hundred Acre The Ark Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WS  95   
WA  94   

2020 Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WA  96-98   
2 available
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2020 Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

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WA  96-98   

2020 Eisele Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes

WA  96-98   

2022 Bryant Family Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WA  98   
JS  98   
JD  96+    
VN  95   

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

2013 Dunn Trailer Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

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VN  98   
JS  98   

2014 Bond Pluribus

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

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

1996 Harlan Estate

RP  98   
WS  97   
ST  95   
2 available
Bid *

2020 Bond Vecina

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  99   
VN  95   
JD  93   

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

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ST  91   
RP  90   
JR  17   

2001 Opus One

3-bottle Lot

ST  91   
RP  90   
JR  17