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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,

1998 Harlan Estate

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  95   
WS  92   
ST  92   

1995 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

WS  93   
RP  90   

1997 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

ST  93   
JR  17   

1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

3.0ltr

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  94   
JR  17   
WS  #5 of 2000   
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1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

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

1997 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

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

RP  99   
WE  96   
ST  95   
WS  91   

1996 Colgin Herb Lamb Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Light writing on label

RP  97   
WS  94   
ST  93   

1998 Colgin Herb Lamb Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue; light writing on label

RP  90   

1997 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

6.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill

ST  93+    
RP  92   
WE  91   

1997 Dunn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue

RP  95   
ST  90+    

1996 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

RP  93   
WS  92   
ST  90   

1998 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cask 23

1.5ltr

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

1999 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cask 23

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

WS  93   

1997 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Fay Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

WS  92   

1995 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; depressed cork; light label condition issue

1997 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars SLV Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

1998 Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  91   
JR  17   

1996 Abreu Madrona Ranch

1.5ltr

RP  98   
ST  93+    

1998 Diamond Creek Gravelly Meadow

1.5ltr

1990 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

RP  93   
WS  93   

1993 Dalla Valle Maya

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork

RP  98   
WS  93   

1996 Dalla Valle Maya

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

RP  96   
ST  95   
WS  92   

1997 Dalla Valle Maya

6.0ltr

RP  99   
ST  95+    

1998 Dalla Valle Maya

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  93   
ST  93   

1998 Dalla Valle Maya

1.5ltr

RP  95   
WS  93   
ST  93