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Napa Flashcards

1
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2020

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HOT and FIRES

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2019

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Wines are really fresh and elegant with ripeness and well defined.
Wet spring, moderate August and September
WS: 97

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2018

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Benchmark vintage. A wet winter provided sufficient water through the dry, warm, even-keeled season.
Dense, rich, complex yet still have some restraint. Age worthy.
WS: 99

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2017

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Challenging season. Became very hot during summer then fires.
Lack the detail of 2016 and 2018
WS: 92

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2016

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The final drought-influenced vintage of the run since 2012, this time without serious heat spikes.
A great balance of elegance and structure
WS: 98

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6
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Best vintage 2016-2020

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2018

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7
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Worst vintage 2016-2020

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2017

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2015

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Fourth drought year in a row. Rain at flowering. Low yields.
High quality but not as consistent across the board like 2016 or 2013.
WS: 94

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2014

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Wines show power and depth, and are aromatic.
Another drought vintage, rains in winter/spring but not enough to break the drought.
WS: 95

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9
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Worst vintage 2016-2020

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2017

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2013

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Benchmark vintage
Wines have beautiful fruit and structure. Age worthy, need time in bottle.
Practically a flawless growing season, with moderate temperatures throughout and no heat spikes or rain
WS: 97

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2012

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First drought vintage. Huge yields.
Structured. Aging beautifully.
WS: 96

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2011

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Very rainy harvest. If you got your grapes in before the rain, then the wines have good aging potential.
Don’t have the structure and depth of 2012, 2013.
Overshadowed by 2012 and 2013
WS: 86

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Best vintage 2011-2015

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2013

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Worst vintage 2011-2015

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2011

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Best vintage 2011-2020

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2018

16
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Worst vintage 2011-2020

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2011

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2010

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Cool, steady year; A very cool start to the season, then sudden heat in August followed by torrential rain.
wines show exceptional quality, tight, dense and layered
good quality wines in a more restrained, higher acidity and lower alcohol style than the Californian norm.
WS: 96

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2009

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Late, cool year yielding a surprise bounty of pure, opulent wines
WS: 96

19
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2008

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Frost lowered yields
Depth and concentration
WS: 96

20
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2007

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WS says textbook year. Plush and concentrated.
JR says elegant and balanced.
WS: 97

21
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2006

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A late, cool harvest produced dense, concentrated and ageworthy wines. Jancis says cool growing season.
WS: 95

22
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Best vintage 2006-2010

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2007 according to WS
But all vintages 2006-2010 great

23
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2005

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First of 2 cool vintages.
Good acidity, aging well. Elegant and balanced.
WS: 92

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2004

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Cool spring into hot summer.
Ripe, elegant, concentrated and harmonious.
WS: 95

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2003

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Rushed vintage as everything ripened at the same time after heat spikes followed rain and a cool May. Reduced crop.
More austere and tannic in style.
WS: 85

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2002

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WS says Superb in Napa; dense and rich, rivaling 2001 for depth and complexity
JR says cool and dry season leading to lack or ripenes??
WS: 93

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2001

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JR says Red wines from the 2001 vintage are among the longest-lived of the decade in both Napa Valley and Sonoma County.
2001: 93

28
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Best vintages 2001-2005

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2004

29
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Worst vintage 2001-2005

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2003

30
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2000

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Mixed and a bit green overall, but some stellar wines that may be overlooked and undervalued
WS: 85

31
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Best vintages 2000-2020

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2007, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019

32
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Worst vintages 2000-2020

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2003, 2011

33
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Best vintages of the 1990s

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1994-1997, 1999
1997: 99 - rich and opulent

34
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Worst vintages 1990-1999

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1993, 1998

34
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Worst vintage 2016-2020

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2017

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