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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,

1999 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  97   
WS  97   
ST  93   
JR  17   

1999 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  97   
WS  97   
ST  93   
JR  17   

1997 Harlan Estate

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  97   
2 available
Bid *

1997 Harlan Estate

Base neck fill or better

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  97   
2 available
Bid *

1997 Harlan Estate

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  97   

1998 Harlan Estate

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  95   
WS  92   
ST  92   

1999 Harlan Estate

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Base neck fill

WS  95   
ST  95+    
RP  92   
JR  18   

1999 Harlan Estate The Maiden

ST  92   
RP  90   
WS  90   

1999 Harlan Estate The Maiden

ST  92   
RP  90   
WS  90   

1997 Harlan Estate The Maiden

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  94   
ST  92   
WS  90   

1997 Harlan Estate The Maiden

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes

RP  94   
ST  92   
WS  90   

1998 Harlan Estate The Maiden

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  91   
WS  91   
ST  90   

1998 Harlan Estate The Maiden

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  91   
WS  91   
ST  90   

1994 Opus One

375ml

Light label condition issue

RP  92   
JR  18.5   
2 available
Bid

1994 Opus One

375ml

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

RP  92   
JR  18.5   

1994 Opus One

375ml

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  92   
JR  18.5   

1996 Opus One

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  93   
ST  92   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
WS  #2 of 1999   

1996 Opus One

Light label condition issue

RP  93   
ST  92   
VN  90   
JR  17.5   
WS  #2 of 1999   

1997 Opus One

375ml

WS  94   
ST  90   
JR  18   
3 available
Bid *

1997 Opus One

Lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

WS  94   
ST  90   
JR  18   

1990 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill

WS  90   

1990 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill

WS  90   

1990 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WS  90   

1990 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

Very top shoulder fill

WS  90   

1991 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  93