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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,

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   

1987 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  93   
RP  90   
WS  #40 of 1990   

2004 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue

WE  95   
RP  92   
WS  92   
WS  #100 of 2007   
7 available
Bid *

1985 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

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

RP  91   
WS  90   
WS  #2 of 1990   

1985 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  91   
WS  90   
WS  #2 of 1990   

1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  94   
JR  17   
WS  #5 of 2000   

1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

3.0ltr

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  94   
JR  17   
WS  #5 of 2000   
2 available
Bid *

1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  94   
JR  17   
WS  #5 of 2000   

2002 Joseph Phelps Insignia

RP  100   
WS  96   
ST  95   
WE  92   
JR  15   
WS  #1 of 2005   

2002 Joseph Phelps Insignia

1.5ltr

Lightly depressed cork

RP  100   
WS  96   
ST  95   
WE  92   
JR  15   
WS  #1 of 2005   

2019 Schrader Double Diamond Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  #1 of 2022   
3 available
Bid *

2019 Schrader Double Diamond Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  #1 of 2022   

2019 Schrader Double Diamond Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  #1 of 2022   

1999 Dominus Estate

Lightly depressed cork

WA  91   
ST  91   
WE  91   
WS  #11 of 2002   

2002 Shafer Vineyards Relentless

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   
WS  #37 of 2005   
2 available
Bid *

1996 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  95   
ST  94   
RP  92   
WS  #6 of 1999   

2019 Robert Mondavi The Estates Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  94   
WS  #6 of 2022   
34 available
Bid *

1986 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill

RP  90   
WS  #1 of 1990   
2 available
Bid *

1986 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  90   
WS  #1 of 1990   

1999 Dunn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue

WS  93   
RP  90-93   
WS  #58 of 2002   
2 available
Bid *

1999 Dunn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  90-93   
WS  #58 of 2002   

1999 Dunn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue

WS  93   
RP  90-93   
WS  #58 of 2002   

2019 Dunn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  96   
WS  #6 of 2023   
12 available
Bid *

2019 Dunn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  96   
WS  #6 of 2023   
7 available
Bid *