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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,

1965 Inglenook Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1965 Inglenook Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1979 Inglenook Rubicon

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

VN  93   

1967 Mayacamas Cabernet Sauvignon

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

VN  94   

1970 Mayacamas Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

1970 Mayacamas Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1975 Mayacamas Cabernet Sauvignon

Top shoulder fill

VN  96   

1976 Mayacamas Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

VN  96   

1970 Louis M. Martini California Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

1973 Louis M. Martini California Mountain Special Selection Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

1973 Louis M. Martini California Mountain Special Selection Pinot Noir

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

1977 Clos du Val Zinfandel

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; low shoulder fill; light label condition issue

1960 Charles Krug Vintage Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; depressed cork; signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill

1974 Conn Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1975 Cuvaison Cabernet Sauvignon

Light signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill

RP  93   
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1975 Cuvaison Cabernet Sauvignon

Signs of past seepage; base neck fill

RP  93   

1975 Cuvaison Cabernet Sauvignon

Light signs of past seepage; mid shoulder fill

RP  93   

1975 Cuvaison Cabernet Sauvignon

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

RP  93   

1975 Cuvaison Cabernet Sauvignon

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

RP  93