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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,

2021 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

6 available
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1994 Shafer Vineyards Firebreak

Label condition issue

2 available
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1994 Shafer Vineyards Firebreak

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

1997 Shafer Vineyards Firebreak

Lightly depressed cork

1994 Shafer Vineyards Merlot

Label condition issue

RP  90   

2015 Heitz Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue

2018 Heitz Cabernet Sauvignon

JS  94   
VN  93   
WE  92   
WA  91   
JD  91   
24 available
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2018 Heitz Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly elevated cork

JS  94   
VN  93   
WE  92   
WA  91   
JD  91   
4 available
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2000 Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  88-90   

2014 Robert Mondavi Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

JS  92   
RP  91+    
VN  91   
2 available
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1993 Robert Mondavi Reserve Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

1993 Beringer Bancroft Ranch Howell Mountain Merlot

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

RP  93   

1993 Beringer Bancroft Ranch Howell Mountain Merlot

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

RP  93   

1994 Beringer Bancroft Ranch Howell Mountain Merlot

Light label condition issue

RP  92   
WS  90   

2021 Far Niente Post & Beam Cabernet Sauvignon

23 available
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2021 Far Niente Post & Beam Cabernet Sauvignon

2001 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

375ml

Top shoulder fill

ST  93+    
RP  91+    

2004 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

375ml

Very top shoulder fill

RP  94+    
ST  93   
JR  17.5   
2 available
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2004 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

375ml

Lightly depressed cork; very top shoulder fill

RP  94+    
ST  93   
JR  17.5   

2020 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Artemis Cabernet Sauvignon

10 available
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2021 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Artemis Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

10 available
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2021 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Artemis Cabernet Sauvignon

5 available
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N.V. Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Fay Golden Rectangle

2010 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Winemaker Series Lot No 1 Merlot

2011 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Winemaker Series Lot No 1 Merlot