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At the April 2009 Premiere Napa Valley auction, a lot of five cases of
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eventually purchased the property in a package deal with Cohn's grandson Bret Lopez. Coppola got ca. 140 acres (57 ha) including most of the vineyard with 60 planted acres (240,000 m), while Lopez and his partner Mimi DeBlasio received the property buildings, 25 acres of partially planted
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Nakagawa Wine Company. In 2017 at the Premiere Napa Valley wine auction hosted by Napa Valley Vintners, five cases of Scarecrow, dubbed Toto's Opium Dream Scene 4, the wine was Cabernet Sauvignon from 72-year-old vines. The lot ultimately sold for $ 200,000.
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The estate extends 25 acres (10 ha) under vine, of 100% Cabernet
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