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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,

2009 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  97   
RP  96   
ST  96+    

2005 Harlan Estate

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  97   
ST  95-98   
WS  94   

1998 Harlan Estate The Maiden

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  91   
WS  91   
ST  90   

2009 Harlan Estate The Maiden

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WA  93   
WS  92   
ST  92+    

2015 Harlan Estate The Maiden

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light case condition issue

JS  96   
WA  95   
WS  95   
JD  95   
VN  92   

2015 Harlan Estate The Maiden

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  96   
WA  95   
WS  95   
JD  95   
VN  92   

2016 Harlan Estate The Maiden

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  97   
JD  96   
WS  95   
WA  94+    
VN  94   

2016 Opus One

JS  99   
WA  98   
JD  97+    
VN  96+    
WS  94   
JR  18.5   

2012 Caymus 40th Anniversary Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Signed by the Winemaker

RP  96   
WS  91   

2012 Caymus 40th Anniversary Cabernet Sauvignon

6-bottle Lot

RP  96   
WS  91   

1981 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; light label condition issue; light writing on label; signed by the winemaker

WS  94   
RP  91   

1981 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue; light writing on label; signed by the winemaker

WS  94   
RP  91   

1983 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill

WS  90   

1983 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

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

WS  90   

1983 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; very top shoulder fill

WS  90   

2010-2015 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

6-bottle Vertical

See item details for bottle notes

2007 Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  96   

1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

Light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  94   
JR  17   
WS  #5 of 2000   

1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

3.0ltr

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  94   
JR  17   
WS  #5 of 2000   

2021 Schrader Colesworthy Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WS  94   

2006 Schrader MMVI (Old Sparky)

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  100   
WS  99   

1991 Dominus Estate

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork

RP  98   
ST  96   
JR  19   
WS  93   

2010 Dominus Estate

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

Light case condition issue

RP  100   
WA  96   
ST  94   
WS  92   

2019 Dominus Estate

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WA  98   
WS  96   

2008 Bond

5-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case, 1.5ltr