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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,

1980 Opus One

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

VN  95   

1982 Opus One

Light capsule condition issue

MB  ***   
2 available
Bid *

1982 Opus One

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

MB  ***   

1988 Opus One

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

WA  91   

1986 Joseph Phelps Insignia

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; base neck fill

WS  93   
RP  90   

1986 Joseph Phelps Insignia

Light capsule condition issue

WS  93   
RP  90   

1983 Dominus Estate

Capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; heavy label condition issue

RP  90   

1983 Dominus Estate

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

RP  90   

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   

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 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  94   
2 available
Bid *

1982 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  94   

1982 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Top shoulder fill

WS  94   

1982 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Top shoulder fill

WS  94   

1982 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  94   

1982 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

WS  94   
2 available
Bid *

1982 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage

WS  94   

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   

1989 Dunn Cabernet Sauvignon

6-bottle Lot

Light capsule condition issue

WS  90   

1985 Dunn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  91   
RP  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   

1986 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon

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

RP  96   
WS  92   
ST  91   

1986 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon

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

RP  96   
WS  92   
ST  91   

1983 Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  94