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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,

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

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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   

2016 Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

Etched bottle

WA  100   
JD  100   
VN  98   
WS  94   

2016 Tusk Estates Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Cardboard Case

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2016 Harlan Estate

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WA  100   
JD  100   
VN  98+    

2009 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

6.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; etched bottle

WA  98   
WE  97   
WS  96   
ST  94-96   

2014 Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  100   
VN  96+    

2017 Colgin Cariad

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  98   
JD  97   
WA  96+    
VN  95   
WS  94   

2012 Promontory Red

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  97   
WS  93   

1994 Harlan Estate

RP  100   
ST  96   
WS  95   
8 available
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2002 Schrader MMII (Old Sparky)

1.5ltr

RP  100   

1983 Joseph Phelps Insignia Auction Reserve

6.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

1996 Colgin Herb Lamb Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Light writing on label

RP  97   
WS  94   
ST  93   

2010 Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

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WA  98   
WS  94   
ST  94+    

2012 Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  98   
VN  96   
ST  93-96   

2012 Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

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RP  98   
VN  96   
ST  93-96   

2015 Promontory Red

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  99   
WA  98   
JD  98   
VN  97+    
JR  18   

2003 Bond Pluribus

1.5ltr

RP  98   
ST  93   

1968 Heitz Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

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

2016 Harlan Estate The Maiden

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  97   
JD  96   
WS  95   
WA  94+    
VN  94   

1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

3.0ltr

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  94   
JR  17   
WS  #5 of 2000   
2 available
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2008 Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

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WS  96   
ST  94   
RP  93   

2017 Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WA  97   
VN  97   
JD  97+    
WS  93