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Jericho Canyon

Jericho Canyon Vineyard is a small Calistoga estate in northern Napa Valley, founded by Bob and Pam Rogers in 1996 on 40 acres of volcanic soil on the western slopes of the Mayacamas Mountains above Calistoga. The estate focuses on two wines: Chimera, a Bordeaux-style red blend, and the Jericho Creek Block Cabernet Sauvignon from a specific high-elevation block. The Jericho Creek Block Cabernet Sauvignon is the estate's most valuable wine at $563 average across 20 lots — a premium driven by extremely limited production from the estate's most distinctive volcanic block — with the 1999 vintage among the earliest and most collectible. Chimera averages $68 across 28 lots with the 2002 vintage most traded. The overall auction average of $199 across 152 lots is skewed significantly by Jericho Creek Block, which at $563 average ranks as one of the highest-value Cabernet Sauvignons from Calistoga. Calistoga's volcanic benchland soils and its position at the northern, warmer end of Napa Valley produce wines of exceptional concentration and structure. The estate's tiny production — fewer than 1,000 cases annually — keeps secondary market supply tight and supports the sustained price premiums.