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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,

1970 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; label condition issue

AUCTION ENDED

1956 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

MB  ***   
AUCTION ENDED

1959 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

MB  ***   
AUCTION ENDED

1972 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; label condition issue

AUCTION ENDED

1973 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; base neck fill; label condition issue

AUCTION ENDED

1975 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

AUCTION ENDED

1976 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; base neck fill; label condition issue

RP  95   
AUCTION ENDED

1976 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; label condition issue

RP  95   
AUCTION ENDED

1977 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

WS  90   
2 available
AUCTION ENDED

1977 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  90   
AUCTION ENDED

1977 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

WS  90   
AUCTION ENDED

1978 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; label condition issue

MB  *****   
RP  90   
AUCTION ENDED

1979 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  93   
RP  90   
MB  ***   
AUCTION ENDED

1979 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; base neck fill; label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  90   
MB  ***   
AUCTION ENDED

1977 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; label condition issue; Case condition issue

WS  90   
AUCTION ENDED

1979 Beaulieu Vineyard Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

AUCTION ENDED

1978 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 9.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; light writing on label; signed by the winemaker; Case condition issue

RP  98   
AUCTION ENDED

1975 Charles Krug Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

AUCTION ENDED

1960 Charles Krug Vintage Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; depressed cork; signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill

AUCTION ENDED

1977 Clos du Val Zinfandel

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; low shoulder fill; light label condition issue

AUCTION ENDED

1974 Conn Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

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

AUCTION ENDED

1975 Cuvaison Cabernet Sauvignon

Light signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill

RP  93   
2 available
AUCTION ENDED

1975 Cuvaison Cabernet Sauvignon

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

RP  93   
AUCTION ENDED

1975 Cuvaison Cabernet Sauvignon

Signs of past seepage; base neck fill

RP  93   
AUCTION ENDED

1975 Cuvaison Cabernet Sauvignon

Light signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill

RP  93   
AUCTION ENDED