Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2001

The deep ruby/purple-colored 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon offers up aromas of minerals, licorice, acacia flowers, blackberries, and cassis. Tannic, medium-bodied, and tightly-knit, with a long finish, pote... Robert Parker. A Cabernet Sauvignon wine from California in USA. 2001 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon 750ml

January 2009

Rating: 93/100 - As reviewed by International Wine Cellar in Issue 114, May/June 2004 ($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.

Impressive for its core of rich, chewy currant, blackberry, wild berry and cedary oak flavors. It packs a wallop, too, with its dense, chewy tannins, but on the finish the fruit pours through to reveal lots of depth and complexity. Best from 2006 thr... Wine Spectator. A Cabernet Sauvignon wine from California in USA. 2001 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon Estate 750ml

January 2009

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June 2009

Rating: 93/100 - As reviewed by Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar on May-04

Rating: 88/100 - As reviewed by The Wine Advocate in Issue 157