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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,

2000 Harlan Estate

1.5ltr

WE  98   
WS  94   
ST  93-96   
RP  91   

1980 Opus One

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

VN  95   

1984 Opus One

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; heavy label condition issue

1996 Opus One

1.5ltr

Elevated cork; signs of past seepage

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

1996 Opus One

1.5ltr

Elevated cork; signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

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

1996 Opus One

1.5ltr

Lightly elevated cork; signs of past seepage

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

1996 Opus One

1.5ltr

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

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

2003 Opus One

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage

RP  94   
JS  93   
CT  91.8   
VN  90   
JR  18   

2022 Caymus 50th Anniversary Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

3 available
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2012 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

RP  96   
WS  94   

1980 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

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

2012 Joseph Phelps Insignia

1.5ltr

RP  97-100   
JS  97   
JD  97   
VN  96   
CT  94   
WS  93   

2016 Dominus Estate

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WA  100   
JS  98   
JD  98+    
VN  97   

2004 Schrader MMIV (Old Sparky)

1.5ltr

RP  96   
WS  95   

2009 Schrader MMIX (Old Sparky)

1.5ltr

Signs of past seepage

WA  97   
WS  97   

2005 Schrader MMV (Old Sparky)

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  95   

2010 Schrader MMX (Old Sparky)

1.5ltr

RP  98   
WA  98   
WS  97   

2010 Schrader MMX (Old Sparky)

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  98   
WA  98   
WS  97   

2011 Schrader MMXI (Old Sparky)

1.5ltr

RP  95   
WS  93   

2009 Bond Melbury

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

JD  96   
VN  95   
WA  94   
ST  94+    
WS  93   

2011 Bond Quella

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

JS  96   
RP  93   
VN  93   

2013 Bond Vecina

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  100   
VN  100   
JS  98   
WS  94   

1987 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

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

WS  96   
RP  90   

2001 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Signs of past seepage

RP  100   
WS  95   
ST  95+    

2002 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Lightly depressed cork

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  96   
JR  16