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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,

1983 Acacia Madonna Vineyard Pinot Noir

1.5ltr

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1980 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

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2 available
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1980 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

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2 available
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1981 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

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1981 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

1982 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  90   
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1982 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

RP  90   

1983 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

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1983 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

ENDS IN 4 minutes
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1983 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1984 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  91   
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1985 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  95   
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1986 Beaulieu Vineyard Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

3 available
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1986 Beaulieu Vineyard Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon

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

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1987 Beaulieu Vineyard Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon

2 available
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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   
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1980 Beringer Lemmon-Chabot Vineyard Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 9.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; light label condition issue; signed by the winemaker; fill level is 5.5cm below the wax capsule; Light case condition issue

WS  90   
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1982 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  94   
2 available
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1982 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Top shoulder fill

WS  94   
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1982 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Top shoulder fill

WS  94   
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1982 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill; light label condition issue; light writing on label

WS  94   
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1982 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  94   
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1982 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

WS  94   
2 available
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1982 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage

WS  94   
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1989 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  91   
RP  90   
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