Napa Valley
The heart of Californian Cabernet — ten wines from nine producers tracked, with a WineFortune index median of €350 per 75 cl
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Napa Valley is the flagship sub-region of California in the United States and the home of America's most sought-after Cabernet Sauvignon. WineFortune tracks ten wines from nine producers here, six of which carry an index price, and lists ten wines in the shop.
The valley's reds are built on Cabernet Sauvignon, often joined by Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot in Bordeaux-style blends. All tracked wines are still reds bottled under the AVA designation. Warm days and cool, fog-tempered nights give ripe fruit with firm structure, and the benchland and hillside sites shape the valley's most serious wines.
The WineFortune index median for Napa Valley stands at €350 per 75 cl bottle, built from WineFortune's own trades and listings over 90 days. At the top of the index sit Promontory at €790 and DVO by Dalla Valle & Ornellaia at €488, with Opus One at €350. Across 13 critics' reviews the average score is 96 on the 100-point scale, with a top score of 100, and the median drinking window runs from 2024 to 2042. Tracked vintages start with 2018, and the WineFortune Premium Selection holds 12 Napa Valley vintages.
Facts
- Main grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon, often with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot
- Style
- Still red
- Designation
- AVA
- Climate
- Warm days, cool fog-tempered nights
- Drinking window (median)
- 2024–2042
- WineFortune index median
- €350 per 75 cl bottle
Bottles · 10 · highest score first · seller WineFortune
Every wine under Napa Valley, 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
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
RedThe Tesseron family's Bordeaux-style blend from a biodynamically farmed mountain vineyard high above 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
RedRealm Cellars' Merlot-led Napa Valley blend, named for Shakespeare — dark, plush and expressive of its valley-floor fruit
Producers
By the 90-day WineFortune index medianMedians 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.
Wines from Napa Valley
Questions
What is the WineFortune index median for Napa Valley?
€350 per 75 cl bottle. The figure is built from WineFortune's own trades and listings over 90 days and covers the six Napa Valley wines currently indexed, out of ten tracked.
Which Napa Valley wines lead the WineFortune index?
Promontory at €790 per 75 cl, DVO by Dalla Valle & Ornellaia at €488, Opus One at €350, Tesseron's Pym Rae at €336 and Realm Cellars' The Bard at €195 — all WineFortune index medians built from trades and listings over 90 days.
How do critics rate Napa Valley wines?
Across 13 reviews on WineFortune the average score is 96 on the 100-point scale, with a top score of 100. The median drinking window runs from 2024 to 2042.
What grapes and styles define Napa Valley?
The backbone is Cabernet Sauvignon, frequently blended with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot in the Bordeaux manner. Every Napa Valley wine tracked by WineFortune is a still red under the AVA designation. Warm days and cool, foggy nights give a ripe yet structured style.