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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,

2003 Grace Family Blank Cabernet Sauvignon

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

2004 Grace Family Blank Cabernet Sauvignon

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

2002 Miner The Oracle

6.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; etched bottle

2005 Vin Perdu Cabernet Sauvignon

6.0ltr

Light label condition issue; signed bottle

JR  17   

2006 Auction Napa Valley Lot 293 Round Pond Estate Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 3.0ltr

2009 Quintessa

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 3.0ltr

Signed bottle

2002 Nickel and Nickel Napa Valley Wine Auction Rock Cairn Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Etched bottle

2002 Nickel and Nickel Tench Vineyard Napa Valley Wine Auction Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Etched bottle

2008 Premiere Napa Valley Auction Reynolds Family Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

2007 The Prisoner Wine Company The Prisoner

3.0ltr

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

WS  92   
WS  #47 of 2009   

2008 Gargiulo Vineyards 575 OVX Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 3.0ltr

Etched bottle

2001 Hewitt Vineyard Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Light label condition issue

WE  95   
WS  93   

2002 Hewitt Vineyard Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 3.0ltr

Etched bottle

2008 Bacio Divino

3.0ltr

Etched bottle

WA  91   
ST  90   

2009 Bacio Divino

3.0ltr

Etched bottle

2009 Bacio Divino Janzen Beckstoffer To Kalon Vnyd Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Etched bottle

WS  92   

2000 Miner Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Etched bottle

2004 Terra Valentine Valentine's Cuvee Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage

2005 Oakville Winegrowers Oakville Cuvee Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Etched bottle

2007 Oakville Winegrowers Oakville Cuvee Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Etched bottle

2008 Oakville Winegrowers Oakville Cuvee Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; etched bottle

2009 Oakville Winegrowers Oakville Cuvee Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Etched bottle

2001 Harlan Estate

2-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  100   
WS  96   
ST  96   

2009 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WE  92   
WS  91   

2002 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

RP  96   
WS  93   
WE  91