Napa Valley is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) in Napa County, California. It was established as the nation's second, the state and county's initial appellation on January 28, 1981 by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), Treasury after reviewing the 1978 petition submitted by the Napa Valley Vintners and the Napa Valley Grape Growers Association proposing the viticultural area named "Napa Valley."
From the Wikipedia article Napa Valley AVA, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Napa Valley is an appellation in California, United States. We track 418 of its wines in stock at 59 shops, from 81 wine houses, from € 14.34; mostly red, white.
- Country
- United States
- Region
- California
- In our wines
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Merlot, Chardonnay
- Styles
- Red 349 · White 46
- Prices
- from € 14.34 · median € 200.57 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | warmwetso far +0.7 °C · 1,734 GDD · 137 % rain |
| 2025 | – | – | – | – | averagedrywet harvest +0.3 °C · 1,894 GDD · 50 % rain |
| 2024 | 3 | € 25.00 | € 43.00 | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.6 °C · 2,174 GDD · 50 % rain |
| 2023 | 21 | € 41.48 | € 98.11 | 93.5 (4 wines) | averagedry −0.3 °C · 1,759 GDD · 44 % rain |
| 2022 | 28 | € 25.00 | € 91.98 | 93.4 (5 wines) | warmdrywet harvest +0.9 °C · 2,019 GDD · 65 % rain |
| 2021 | 43 | € 18.60 | € 103.00 | 94.8 (10 wines) | hotwet +1.0 °C · 2,043 GDD · 179 % rain |
| 2020 | 26 | € 18.60 | € 168.31 | 92.5 (2 wines) | hotdrydry harvest +1.9 °C · 2,219 GDD · 46 % rain |
| 2019 | 44 | € 27.99 | € 209.70 | 99.0 (3 wines) | average +0.1 °C · 1,838 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2018 | 59 | € 30.64 | € 210.00 | 94.5 (6 wines) | averagedry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,872 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 2017 | 32 | € 50.18 | € 260.50 | 97.0 (1 wine) | warm +0.5 °C · 1,925 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2016 | 30 | € 40.01 | € 368.24 | 96.0 (4 wines) | averagewetdry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,821 GDD · 136 % rain |
| 2015 | 18 | € 42.00 | € 345.30 | 96.1 (7 wines) | warmdrywet harvest +0.5 °C · 1,935 GDD · 45 % rain |
| 2014 | 20 | € 89.95 | € 329.42 | 95.5 (2 wines) | warmdrywet harvest +0.9 °C · 2,004 GDD · 65 % rain |
| 2013 | 10 | € 100.22 | € 247.00 | 97.5 (2 wines) | averagedrywet harvest +0.2 °C · 1,868 GDD · 49 % rain |
| 2012 | 11 | € 58.87 | € 373.98 | 98.0 (2 wines) | averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,779 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 2011 | 5 | € 160.57 | € 300.00 | – | colddry harvest −1.4 °C · 1,529 GDD · 122 % rain |
| 2010 | 3 | € 133.14 | € 550.00 | – | coldwet −1.5 °C · 1,503 GDD · 201 % rain |
| 2009 | 5 | € 160.57 | € 410.00 | – | averagewetwet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,842 GDD · 146 % rain |
| 2008 | 6 | € 250.00 | € 525.00 | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.4 °C · 1,907 GDD · 33 % rain |
| 2007 | 5 | € 450.00 | € 570.00 | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,747 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2006 | 1 | € 1,290.00 | € 1,290.00 | – | averagewetdry harvest −0.4 °C · 1,747 GDD · 141 % rain |
| 2005 | 4 | € 135.81 | € 267.00 | – | coolwetdry harvest −0.8 °C · 1,661 GDD · 160 % rain |
| 2004 | 1 | € 389.00 | € 389.00 | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,864 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,862 GDD · 127 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,805 GDD · 31 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | warmdrywet harvest +0.7 °C · 1,965 GDD · 58 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,785 GDD · 147 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.4 °C · 1,730 GDD · 64 % rain |
| 1998 | 1 | € 35.00 | € 35.00 | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.2 °C · 1,569 GDD · 164 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.6 °C · 1,940 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | averagewet +0.4 °C · 1,904 GDD · 160 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.7 °C · 1,681 GDD · 113 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,874 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,766 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.0 °C · 2,044 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,801 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.7 °C · 1,970 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.4 °C · 1,742 GDD · 139 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | warmdry harvest +0.8 °C · 2,000 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.1 °C · 2,052 GDD · 36 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cooldrywet harvest −0.9 °C · 1,636 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | averagedrywet harvest +0.1 °C · 1,842 GDD · 53 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,897 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 1983 | 2 | € 110.00 | € 250.00 | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.0 °C · 1,623 GDD · 151 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.1 °C · 1,598 GDD · 202 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Napa Valley's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
Dominus Estate 32 · Eisele Vineyard 28 · Opus One 23 · Paul Hobbs 16 · Shafer Vineyards 14 · Caymus Vineyards 11 · Stags Leap 10 · Duckhorn Vineyards 10 · Alpha Omega 9 · Robert Mondavi Winery 8 · Morlet Family Vineyards 6 · Schrader Cellars 6 · PlumpJack Estate Winery 6 · Cade Estate Winery 6 · Jamieson Ranch Vineyards 5 · Hyde de Villaine 5