United States
Napa Valley cult Cabernets and Sonoma icons — 23 red wines tracked, with a WineFortune index median of €343 per 75 cl
- Regions
- 2
- Producers
- 19
- Median 1y
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- In our shop
- 21
The United States is the leading fine-wine country of the New World, and WineFortune tracks 23 still red wines here from 19 producers across 2 regions, California and Oregon. Of these, 13 wines are indexed and 21 are listed in the WineFortune shop, with vintages tracked from 2018.
Cabernet Sauvignon leads, in single-varietal bottlings and Bordeaux-style blends from Napa Valley and Sonoma County. The wines are classified under the American Viticultural Area system; 18 of the wines tracked carry an AVA designation, from Rutherford to Coombsville. The climate is warm and dry, moderated by Pacific fog and cool nights, giving ripe, structured, cellar-worthy reds.
The WineFortune index median stands at €343 per 75 cl bottle, built from WineFortune's own trades and listings over 90 days. At the top sit Scarecrow's Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon at €1110.67, Promontory at €790 and Sloan's Proprietary Red at €692.33 per 75 cl. Critics have filed 23 reviews with an average of 95.3 points on the 100-point scale and a top score of 100; the median drinking window runs from 2024 to 2040.
Facts
- Grapes
- Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux-style blends
- Style
- Still red wines
- Classification
- AVA (American Viticultural Area)
- Climate
- Warm and dry, moderated by Pacific fog and cool nights
- Drinking window (median)
- 2024–2040
- Index median
- €343 per 75 cl (WineFortune index, 90 days)
Bottles · 21 · highest score first · seller WineFortune
Every wine under United States, whichever sub-region or producer
RedFlagship Cabernet of the historic Inglenook estate, grown on Rutherford's benchlands in the heart of Napa Valley
RedBrooding hillside Cabernet from a wild, rocky corner of Napa Valley, raised slowly in a territory of its own
RedNapa Valley's Franco-American grand vin, a Cabernet Sauvignon-led blend born of the Mondavi and Rothschild houses
RedCabernet Franc leads this Sonoma County blend, Verite's most perfumed expression of Pierre Seillan's hillside micro-crus
RedA transatlantic collaboration in which Dalla Valle and Ornellaia unite Napa Valley Cabernet with Tuscan cellar craft in one red
RedNapa Valley's Franco-American grand vin, a Cabernet Sauvignon-led blend born of the Mondavi and Rothschild houses
RedA biodynamically farmed single-estate red from Rutherford, led by Cabernet Sauvignon and shaped by the hills of Napa Valley
RedVerite's Cabernet Sauvignon-led blend, bringing Bordeaux discipline to hillside vineyards across Sonoma County
RedA Merlot-led Sonoma County blend in the Right Bank spirit, drawn from hillside micro-crus by winemaker Pierre Seillan
RedThe Tesseron family's Bordeaux-style blend from a biodynamically farmed mountain vineyard high above Napa Valley
RedCult Rutherford Cabernet from old vines on the historic J.J. Cohn estate in the heart of Napa Valley
RedBrooding hillside Cabernet from a wild, rocky corner of Napa Valley, raised slowly in a territory of its own
RedBrooding hillside Cabernet from a wild, rocky corner of Napa Valley, raised slowly in a territory of its own
RedBrooding hillside Cabernet from a wild, rocky corner of Napa Valley, raised slowly in a territory of its own
RedSloan's Cabernet-led proprietary red, grown on a hillside estate above Rutherford in California
RedVerite's three Sonoma blends — La Muse, La Joie and Le Désir — gathered in a single case from Pierre Seillan's hillside vineyards
RedFavia's Cabernet Sauvignon from Coombsville's cool volcanic soils — dark fruit, fine tannin and quiet Napa depth
RedA biodynamically farmed single-estate red from Rutherford, led by Cabernet Sauvignon and shaped by the hills of Napa Valley
RedA Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot blend from Oakville's Tench Vineyard, Bevan Cellars' rich, small-lot expression of the Napa Valley floor
RedRealm Cellars' Merlot-led Napa Valley blend, named for Shakespeare — dark, plush and expressive of its valley-floor fruit
RedAndremily's bold Central Coast Syrah from California – dark berry fruit, cracked pepper and smoky depth from whole-cluster winemaking
Regions
By number of wines with a WineFortune trade or listingMedians are the 90-day WineFortune index per 75cl, ex VAT, built from WineFortune trades and listings. Wines without a trade or listing are tracked but not indexed.
Most-tracked producers
Questions
Which United States wines does WineFortune track?
WineFortune tracks 23 still red wines from 19 producers in two regions, California and Oregon. Most are Cabernet Sauvignon-led wines from Napa Valley and Sonoma County, and 18 carry an AVA designation. Vintages are tracked from 2018, and 21 wines are currently listed in the WineFortune shop.
What is the WineFortune index level for United States wines?
The WineFortune index median for the United States is €343 per 75 cl bottle, built from WineFortune's own trades and listings over 90 days; 13 wines are indexed. The highest medians belong to Scarecrow at €1110.67, Promontory at €790 and Sloan at €692.33 per 75 cl.
How do critics rate the American wines WineFortune tracks?
Critics have filed 23 reviews of the wines tracked here, with an average score of 95.3 on the 100-point scale and a top score of 100. The median drinking window runs from 2024 to 2040.
Does the WineFortune Premium Selection hold United States wines?
Yes. United States wines account for 20.5 per cent of the WineFortune Premium Selection by value, with 24 vintages held. This is stated as a holding fact, not a recommendation.