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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,

1981 Inglenook Rubicon

Light capsule condition issue; light writing on label

1986 Groth Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  90   

1988 Groth Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1988 Groth Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1989 Groth Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

1985 Groth Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

RP  98   
WS  95   

1986 Groth Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

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

RP  92   

1988 Groth Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1982 Clos du Val Reserve

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

1986 La Jota Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  90   
2 available
Bid *

1983 Pine Ridge Stag's Leap Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue; light writing on label

1986 Hess Collection Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue

RP  92   
WS  91   
4 available
Bid *

1982 Raymond Cabernet Sauvignon

5.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue; signed by the winemaker

WS  91   

1982 Burgess Vintage Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1982 Burgess Vintage Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

1989 Conn Creek Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork

1988 St. Clement Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

1983 William Hill Gold Label Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

1980 Villa Mt. Eden Cabernet Sauvignon

Very top shoulder fill

1983 Acacia Madonna Vineyard Pinot Noir

1.5ltr

WS  93   

1986 Tudal Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  91   
WS  #89 of 1989   
4 available
Bid

1986 Tudal Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; mid shoulder fill; label condition issue

WS  91   
WS  #89 of 1989   

1983 Quail Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage