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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   

2012 Caymus 40th Anniversary Cabernet Sauvignon

1.0ltr

Signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  91   
CT  90.6   
3 available
Bid *

1998 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage

WS  91   

2013 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

1.0ltr

RP  94   

2012 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

RP  96   
WS  94   

2001 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Signs of past seepage

RP  100   
WS  95   
ST  95+    

2010 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

RP  100   
JS  98   
ST  96+    
WS  95   
JR  15   

1992 Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Lightly depressed cork

RP  94   
WS  93   

1997 Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Signs of past seepage

RP  94   
ST  90   

1987 Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  90   

1978 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; label condition issue

WE  94   
RP  90   
WS  90   
MB  ****   

1997 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; base neck fill

RP  95   
ST  94   
CT  92.3   
JR  18   

1995 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

RP  94   
WS  92   
ST  91   

2015 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cask 23

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

WS  95   
WA  94-96   
VN  93   
JR  18   
2 available
Bid *

2015 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Fay Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage

WS  94   
WA  93-95   
VN  92   
JR  17   

2012 Far Niente Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

RP  94+    
VN  93   

2010 Beaulieu Vineyard Tapestry Reserve

3.0ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  90   
WS  90   

1983 Diamond Creek

3-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case, 3.0ltr

See item details for bottle notes

1984 Diamond Creek Lake Vineyard

1.5ltr

WS  94