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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,

2015 V Madrone Cellars Old Vines Petite Sirah

2010 V Madrone Cellars Horseshoe Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

2015 V Madrone Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon

2021 Unwritten Wines Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot, Cardboard Case

JD  97   

2010 TwentyFour Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly elevated cork

WS  93   
WS  #58 of 2014   

1994 Turnbull Oakville Merlot

1994 Turnbull Oakville Merlot

Light label condition issue

2019 Turley Rattlesnake Ridge Zinfandel

VN  95   
WA  92   

2013 Turley Rattlesnake Ridge Petite Syrah

WS  95   
VN  94-96   
WS  #17 of 2015   

2000 Turley Rattlesnake Acres Petite Syrah

Light label condition issue

RP  95   

1998 Turley Pringle Family Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

RP  90+    
ST  89-91   

1999 Turley Pringle Family Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

RP  96   
ST  92-94   

2013 Turley Heminway Zinfandel

RP  95   
VN  93   

1997 Turley Hayne Vineyard Zinfandel

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  95-97   
ST  94-96   

2000 Turley Hayne Vineyard Zinfandel

RP  93   
ST  91-93   

2001 Turley Hayne Vineyard Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

RP  97   
WS  94   
ST  94-96   

2009 Turley Hayne Vineyard Zinfandel

RP  92-95   

2017 Turley Hayne Vineyard Zinfandel

WA  94-96   
WS  93   
VN  92   

2019 Turley Hayne Vineyard Zinfandel

VN  95+    
WS  94   

2020 Turley Hayne Vineyard Zinfandel

WS  92   
VN  92-94   

2000 Turley Hayne Vineyard Petite Syrah

RP  96   
ST  90   

2013 Turley Estate Petite Syrah

RP  95   
VN  94-96   

2014 Turley Dragon Vineyard Zinfandel

RP  95   
VN  91-94   
WS  90   

2017 Turley Dragon Vineyard Zinfandel

Light label condition issue

WA  95+    
VN  93   
WS  90   

2017 Turley Dragon Vineyard Zinfandel

WA  95+    
VN  93   
WS  90