Thanks to all of our sponsors that have generously donated items for our silent auction and raffles! Here are just a few of the items up for bid at our silent auction.
Rombauer Vineyards VIP Package: Stay, Tour, Tasting and so much more!
Starting Bid: $2,500.00
Value: $5,000
Here is your chance to taste all the Rombauer wines with K.R. Rombauer himself. Tasting will occur at Tom, Helen and Casey (adopted through DLRR) Dynjan’s house at a 2011 date to be determined. You will be able to taste all the varietals and learn the grape sourcing for the wines as well as how the wines were made. A great opportunity to learn about the different varietals and why the wines taste the way they do. Then you will stay at the Rombauer Harvest House in St. Helena, CA for a weekend* and get a personal cave tour and tasting at the winery. A great opportunity to get a personal and inside look at how wines are made and experience a premiere Napa winery from the inside. Accommodations up to six people for up to three nights. At a mutual agreeable date.
*Airfare and rental car not included
For the serious wine collector, here is your opportunity to obtain wines that are unavailable commercially and limited to either five or ten case lots. These auction wines are all special lots as evidenced by their special labels obtained at the Napa Valley Wine Auction or Premiere Napa (one of kind blends, auction only available to the trade, no consumers) and usually limited to a production of 5 or 10 cases. All wines have been stored at respective wineries, shipped in cold storage in November and stored at temperature controlled room at 55 degrees.
2006 Broman Cellars Cabernet - Case
One of a kind wine purchased at auction, only five cases made
Starting Bid: $750.00
Value: $1,500.00
Two fantastic lots of Cabernet from two very distinct vineyards compose this vintage of Premiere Napa Valley wine from Broman Cellars. The first is from the historic and highly regarded Beckstoffer property, Dr. Crane Vineyard in St. Helena, which never ceases to amaze with the quality and lushness of the grapes it yields. The second is the "premiere" of fruit from our own two-acre vineyard on the rocky hillside below Howell Mountain. These lots together make for amazing wine with lush, rich fruit and an intensity that only comes from hillside fruit. Bob Broman was previously winemaker at Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, famous for their Cabernets.
O’Brian Late Harvest Cabernet - Case
One of a kind wine purchased at auction, only ten cases made
Starting Bid: $500.00Value: $800.00
O’Brian Late Harvest Cabernet special auction blend. Late Harvest Cabernets are rarely made, but here is a special auction blend that makes for a perfect dessert wine or as an aperitif with good friends. Trust me, people will ooh and aah over this one. Only ten cases made.
2006 BV Cabernet Case
One of a kind wine purchased at auction, only ten cases made
Starting Bid: $750.00
Value: $1,400
The wine is a blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon from their historic Rutherford appellation vineyards first planted by the founder of Beaulieu Vineyard, Georges DeLatour, in the early 1900s and 11% Petit Verdot from their St. Helena vineyard. The Cabernet portion is 50% Clone 4, 25% Clone 6 and the balance clones 337 and 5197. Vineyard and winemaking evaluation of clones of Cabernet Sauvignon from around the world was begun at Beaulieu Vineyard in the early 1980s and the current plantings of our vineyards was determined as a result of that trial. The wine was aged in 100% new French Oak for 22 months before bottling.
2008 Elkhorn Peak Pinot Noir Case
One of a kind wine purchased at auction, only ten cases made
Starting Bid: $750.00Value: $1,500
2008 Elkhorn Pinot Noir, special auction blend, one of ten cases. Premiere blend from south Napa vineyards right next to Carneros, which produce beautifully, balanced wines. This limited blend uses wine from only the top barrels from the vintage for a wine that is truly representative of the varietal. Great balance and subtle, flowing layers. Pure tones of fresh raspberry and warm spiced cherries give this wine the personality of a classic Pinto Noir.
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