Far Niente, Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville has sold at auction 675 times in the last five years across all vintages, at a median of $102 per 750ml. The most traded vintages are 2019, 2018 and 2013.
Auction median, all vintages
$102
675 sales · $92–119 middle half
Retail offers now
201
all vintages
Last auction sale
Oct 23
2026
Prices by vintage
Live auction lots (15)
$40per 750ml incl. premium54% below retail
The October 2026 Auction: Part 5
2023 · Lot 852 · Qty 2
$73per 750ml incl. premium51% below retail
Zcollections New York October 13 26
2001 · Lot 1468 · Qty 12
$99per 750ml incl. premium33% below retail
K&L Wine Auctions - 2026-10
2009 · Lot 2077955 · Qty 12
$83per 750ml incl. premium31% below retail
K&L Wine Auctions - 2026-10
2008 · Lot 2077553 · Qty 12
$98per 750ml incl. premium27% below retail
The October 2026 Auction: Part 5
2000 · Lot 853
Wine facts
- Country
- United States
- Region
- California
- Sub-region
- Oakville
- Type
- Red
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Most traded in Oakville
- Screaming Eagle, Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakvilleavg $2,781 · 2,813 sales
- Screaming Eagle, The Flight, Oakvilleavg $705 · 721 sales
- Schrader, RBS Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakvilleavg $266 · 621 sales
- Joseph Phelps, Backus Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakvilleavg $189 · 563 sales
- Macdonald, Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakvilleavg $684 · 554 sales
- Realm Cellars, Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakvilleavg $275 · 514 sales
- Maybach, Materium, Oakvilleavg $282 · 447 sales
- Peter Michael, Au Paradis, Oakvilleavg $152 · 357 sales
- Vine Hill Ranch, VHR Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakvilleavg $237 · 318 sales
- Robert Mondavi, Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakvilleavg $104 · 301 sales
About Far Niente
John Benson founded Far Niente in Oakville in 1885. The name comes from the Italian 'dolce far niente', the sweetness of doing nothing. The winery was abandoned with Prohibition in 1919 and stood empty for decades. Gil Nickel restored it in 1979, and the building is on the National Register of Historic Places. Today it makes Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay. In 2016 the private equity firm GI Partners bought a majority of Far Niente Wine Estates, which also includes Nickel & Nickel, EnRoute, Bella Union and Dolce.
- Appellation
- Oakville AVA
- Owner
- GI Partners
- Founded
- 1885
- Grapes
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay
Sources: Wikipedia