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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 Harlan Estate

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Base neck fill

WS  95   
ST  95+    
RP  92   
JR  18   

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   

2002 Harlan Estate The Maiden

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes

WS  96   
RP  94   
WE  94   
ST  93   

2003 Harlan Estate The Maiden

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WE  96   
RP  93   
ST  90+    

2012 Caymus 40th Anniversary Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot

RP  96   
WS  91   
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2012 Caymus 40th Anniversary Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot

Light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  91   

2012 Caymus 40th Anniversary Cabernet Sauvignon

6-bottle Lot

RP  96   
WS  91   

1978 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 9.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; light writing on label; signed by the winemaker; Case condition issue

RP  98   

1997-2000 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

4-bottle Vertical

See item details for bottle notes

2010-2015 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

6-bottle Vertical

See item details for bottle notes

2006 Schrader MMVI (Old Sparky)

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  100   
WS  99   

2010 Dominus Estate

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light case condition issue

RP  100   
WA  96   
ST  94   
WS  92   

2012 Dominus Estate

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light case condition issue

RP  99   
JS  98   
VN  97+    
WE  95   
WS  94   

2008 Bond

5-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

2004 Bond Matriarch

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  93   
ST  92   
WS  91   

2006 Bond Matriarch

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WE  94   
WS  92   
RP  90-92   
ST  90   

2007 Bond Matriarch

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WS  93   
RP  91   
ST  91   

2007 Bond Melbury

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  97   
ST  94+    
WS  92   

2007 Bond Melbury

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  97   
ST  94+    
WS  92   

2010 Bond Melbury

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  98+    
VN  97   
ST  97   
WS  93   

2011 Bond Melbury

2-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

VN  94   
JS  93   
RP  92   

2007 Bond Pluribus

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  98+    
WS  97   
ST  93+    

2011 Bond Pluribus

2-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  95   
JS  95   
VN  94+    
WS  92   

2007 Bond Quella

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  97   
WS  96   
ST  93