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Far Niente

Far Niente, in Oakville, Napa Valley, was founded in 1885 by John Benson, who ran it until Prohibition in 1919, when he abandoned the winery. In 1979 Gil Nickel, an Oklahoma nursery owner, purchased the 250-acre estate. Today the estate is still owned by the Nickel family. The second generation has also started other wine enterprises in the Napa Valley, including Dolce, producer of a late harvest wine, and Nickel & Nickel, which produces small-lot, single-vineyard wines. Far Niente produces Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay.

2022 Far Niente Post & Beam Carneros Chardonnay

WE  94   
4 available
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2021 Far Niente Post & Beam Cabernet Sauvignon

23 available
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2021 Far Niente Post & Beam Cabernet Sauvignon

2002 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
WE  92   

1987 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

Heavy capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  91   

2010 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

1994 Far Niente Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill

2 available
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2009 Far Niente Cave Collection Cabernet Sauvignon

2001 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  93   
RP  92   
WE  91   
13 available
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2003 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

WE  94   
RP  93+    

2011 Far Niente Cave Collection Cabernet Sauvignon

4 available
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2011 Far Niente Cave Collection Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue

2015 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork

2015 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

1995 Far Niente Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  92   

1995 Far Niente Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  92   

1985 Far Niente Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

1995 Far Niente Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue

WS  92   

1995 Far Niente Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  92   

1997 Far Niente Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

WE  93   
ST  90   
2 available
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1997 Far Niente Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

WE  93   
ST  90   

1989 Far Niente Cave Collection Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue

1997 Far Niente Cave Collection Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

2006 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  91   
5 available
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2006 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  91