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Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon(2001)
- Winery:
- Dalla Valle
- Varietal:
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Region:
- USA > California > Napa > Oakville
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- cabernet sauvignon, red grape, berry, fruit, bramble fruits, complex, rich, smooth, chewy, blackberry
Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon is blended with a small amount of Cabernet Franc and is aged in 50% to 60% new French oak barrels. This wine consistently exhibits impressive structure and velvety berry flavors vintage after vintage.
The first vintage produced was in 1986. A classic Napa Valley Cabernet.
The first vintage produced was in 1986. A classic Napa Valley Cabernet.
- Stephen Tanzer
- International Wine Cellar
- Issue 114, May/June 2004
- 93/100
-
July 2007
- ($100) Bright ruby-red. Highly complex, expressive nose melds blueberry liqueur, black cherry, chocolate, coffee and cola. Densely packed, juicy and nuanced on the palate, with notes of cassis, bitter chocolate, leather and mint, all lifted by violet florality. Sharply delineated and powerfully structured wine, finishing with firm, toothcoating tannins. Perhaps more classic than the 2002, which features more early thickness and chewier tannins.
- James Laube
- Wine Spectator
- 91/100
-
July 2007
