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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 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

3.0ltr

WS  94   
2 available
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1982 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage

WS  94   

2014 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

1.0ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  94   

2014 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

1.0ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  94   

2003 Pahlmeyer Merlot

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; base neck fill; label condition issue

RP  92   
WS  90   
ST  89-90   

2003 Pahlmeyer Merlot

1.5ltr

Signs of past seepage

RP  92   
WS  90   
ST  89-90   

2003 Pahlmeyer Merlot

1.5ltr

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

RP  92   
WS  90   
ST  89-90   

2012 Alpha Omega Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WE  93   
VN  92   
JS  92   

2015 Alpha Omega Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue; signed bottle

WE  95   
JS  93   
VN  90   

2018 Alpha Omega Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

JS  95   
WA  94   

2002 Vineyard 29 Aida

1.5ltr

Etched bottle

RP  95   

2007 Robert Foley Vineyards Petite Sirah

1.5ltr

Elevated cork; signs of past seepage; 3.5 cm ullage

RP  95+    
ST  94   
WS  92   

1999 Pillar Rock Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WS  91   
6 available
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2002 Revana Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WS  92   
RP  91   

2002 Revana Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WS  92   
RP  91   

2001 Hourglass Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Lightly depressed cork

RP  94   
ST  91   
WS  90   

2001 Hourglass Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue

RP  94   
ST  91   
WS  90   

2000 Viader

1.5ltr

WS  92   
ST  89-92   

2013 Elyse Holbrook Mitchell Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WE  94   
5 available
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1999 Elyse Tietjen Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WS  91   
2 available
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2006 Elyse Tietjen Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

JS  93   
WA  90   
WE  90   

2008 Elyse Tietjen Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WA  90   
4 available
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2001 Gemstone Estate Red Wine

1.5ltr

Signs of past seepage; base neck fill

RP  94   
WS  92