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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

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   

2013 Bond Vecina

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  100   
VN  100   
JS  98   
WS  94   

2012 Schrader Colesworthy Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

RP  95   
WS  94   

2013 Schrader Colesworthy Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

RP  98+    

2014 Schrader Colesworthy Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue

RP  94   

2015 Schrader Colesworthy Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WA  98+    

2016 Schrader Colesworthy Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

JD  100   
WA  97   

2004 Schrader MMIV (Old Sparky)

1.5ltr

RP  96   
WS  95   

2011 Schrader MMXI (Old Sparky)

1.5ltr

RP  95   
WS  93   

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   

2013 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  98+    
JD  98   
VN  97+    
WS  94   

2018 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

JD  100   
JS  99   
WA  98+    
VN  98   
WS  95   
JR  16.5   
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2018 Realm Beckstoffer To Kalon Cabernet Franc

1.5ltr

WA  100   
JD  98   
JS  97   
VN  96+    

2012 Promontory Red

2-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

See item details for bottle notes

RP  97   
WS  93   

2013 Promontory Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  99   
CT  95   
WS  93   

2017 Promontory Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WA  97   
WS  96   

1986 Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

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

WS  94   
RP  91   

1997 Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Signs of past seepage

RP  94   
ST  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  ****   

1987 Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  97   
WS  93   
ST  90   
JR  16   
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1991 Robert Mondavi Silver Anniversary Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage

RP  90   

1980 Beringer Lemmon-Chabot Vineyard Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

9.0ltr

Light signs of past seepage; label condition issue; 11cm ullage; exposed cork; missing capsule

WS  90