🇺🇸 From Rutherford Hill · Napa Valley · California · United States
Rutherford Hill, Merlot, Napa Valley
Red · Napa Valley AVA · first vintage on our lists 2009
Poured at 35 of the world's top restaurant lists in 3 countries, across 9 vintages from 2009 to 2023, with 3 realized lots at auction.
Where it's poured
35 rooms in 29 cities across 3 countries, from the lists we read. Dots sized by rooms pouring.
The map · 31 US rooms in 26 cities
Every dot is a city where we read a list pouring Rutherford Hill, Merlot, Napa Valley; dot size is the number of rooms.
The vintages
9 vintages on the world's lists, 2009 to 2023, plus a non-vintage bottling. Pick a dot: size is rooms pouring, colour is age — under 15 years · mature · 25 and older. The from price is the lowest bottle price we've read on a list.
At auction
3 realized lots across the houses we read. Prices per 750ml, premium inclusive, converted at rates on the sale date.
Too few usable sales of the 1980 to draw a curve. The full record →
$110
Median at auction, per 750ml
$75
Median on a restaurant list
From the house
The rest of the Rutherford Hill canon, and where the house stands.
One wine, crosswalked to the world's top restaurant lists and 3 auction lots · Most listed · How we count
The Friday recap
The week's sale prices, records and movers. One email, no noise.