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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,

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   

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   

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   

1982 Dunn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 5.0ltr

Etched bottle; Light case condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   

1985 Dunn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 5.0ltr

Etched bottle; Light case condition issue

WS  91   
RP  90   

1989 Heitz Trailside Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

12-bottle Lot

Light capsule condition issue

1989 Heitz Trailside Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

12-bottle Lot

Light capsule condition issue

1989 Dunn Cabernet Sauvignon

6-bottle Lot

Light capsule condition issue

WS  90   

1989 Diamond Creek Red Rock Terrace

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 3.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; Light case condition issue

1993-1995 Inglenook Rubicon

3-bottle Vertical

See item details for bottle notes

1996, 1999 Inglenook Rubicon

2-bottle Vertical

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1997-2002 Herb Lamb HL Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon

6-bottle Vertical, Wood Case

1998 Harlan Estate The Maiden

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  91   
WS  91   
ST  90   

1998 Harlan Estate The Maiden

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  91   
WS  91   
ST  90   

1999 Harlan Estate

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Base neck fill

WS  95   
ST  95+    
RP  92   
JR  18   

2000 Harlan Estate

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WE  98   
WS  94   
ST  93-96   
RP  91   

2000 Bond Matriarch

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WS  93   

2000 Bond Matriarch

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WS  93   

2001 Harlan Estate

2-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  100   
WS  96   
ST  96   

2001 Rudd Estate Oakville Estate Proprietary Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  94   
ST  92+    
WS  91   

2001 Oberon Cabernet Sauvignon

6-bottle Lot

2 available
Bid *

2001 White Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

6-bottle Lot

2002 Harlan Estate The Maiden

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

See item details for bottle notes

WS  96   
RP  94   
WE  94   
ST  93   

2002 Revana Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

3-bottle Lot

WS  92   
RP  91   
2 available
Bid *

2002 Revana Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WS  92   
RP  91