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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,

1992 Joseph Phelps Backus Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

RP  92   

1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

3.0ltr

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   

1991 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

WS  97   
RP  95   
ST  94   

1997 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Fay Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

WS  92   

1997 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars SLV Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

1999 Dalla Valle Maya

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

RP  97+    
ST  96   
WS  95   

1993 Staglin Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

1992 Vineyard 29 Proprietary Red

1.5ltr

1997 Vineyard 29 Proprietary Red

1.5ltr

RP  94   
ST  91   
9 available
Bid *

1999 Pillar Rock Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WS  91   
6 available
Bid *

1999 Pillar Rock Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

WS  91   

1990 Pine Ridge Stag's Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage

1990 Flora Springs Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

1999 Elyse Tietjen Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WS  91   
2 available
Bid *

1991 Hartwell Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; etched bottle; partial cork exposed

1994 Hartwell Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; etched bottle

RP  90   

1998 Hartwell Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Signed by the Winemaker; Etched bottle

WE  90   

1998 Hartwell Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; etched bottle

WE  90   

1999 Hartwell Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Signed bottle; Etched bottle

WS  96   
DE  ****   
WS  #27 of 2002   

1997 Hartwell Sunshine Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; etched bottle

1990 Raymond Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr