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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,

1979 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars SLV Cabernet Sauvignon

Signs of past seepage; label condition issue

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1970 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

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

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1972 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

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1975 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

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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   
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1976 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

RP  95   
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1977 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  90   
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1977 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  90   
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1977 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

WS  90   
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1978 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

MB  *****   
RP  90   
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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  ***   
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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  ***   
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1978 Inglenook Rubicon

Very top shoulder fill

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1979 Inglenook Rubicon

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

VN  93   
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1970 Louis M. Martini California Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

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1973 Louis M. Martini California Mountain Special Selection Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

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1973 Louis M. Martini California Mountain Special Selection Pinot Noir

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

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1963 Louis M. Martini California Mountain Zinfandel

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

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