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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94.5 pts. and median of 95 pts. in 43 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Elkcims on 12/28/2023 & rated 96 points: 2 hour slo-ox; lovely, lush, baked blackberries, plum, cassis. Soft tannins. (567 views) | | | Tasted by jlgnml on 11/23/2023 & rated 94 points: Drank over 2 weeks from a Coravin. Terrific each glass. Deep fruit, lasting on the palate with a long finish. Great value. I have never had the Maya and it would be a great comparison side by side. Drink to enjoy. (543 views) | | | Tasted by jlgnml on 1/29/2023 & rated 94 points: Decanted for an hour. Dark color, purple haze edges, good fruit on the nose and a good finish. Exceptional with butcher cut burgers. Tasty. Drink (1316 views) | | | Tasted by jlgnml on 1/7/2023 & rated 95 points: Really deep color, hint of a purple edge. Smells great, good bouquet, lavender, roses, all good on the palate, smooth and yet lasting on the palate even after the food was finished. Drink or Hold as he still has a lot of life left. (1233 views) | | | Tasted by jlgnml on 11/22/2022 & rated 95 points: Spectacular. (1311 views) | | | Tasted by Francophile1 on 4/7/2022 & rated 94 points: Spring Break with Friends (Boca Raton, FL): While not fair to this wine to follow a bottle of ‘90 Latour, it still held its own at the end of the night. Very new world in style, brooding black fruit, high alcohol, and a young, vibrant, tannic finish. I will give my remaining bottles another 3+ years to integrate better. (1966 views) | | | Tasted by jlgnml on 3/7/2022 & rated 95 points: Very smooth.good fruit, good palate feel and long finish. Drink/hold. (1631 views) | | | Tasted by Philip67 on 12/20/2021 & rated 92 points: surprisingly lean and hard, despite good intensity of pure blackcurrant
and cassis fruit. An astringent structure that overpowers the natural charm of the fruit. Possibly too young but I don't think this will resolve. 15% ABV This softened after 24 hours, suggesting it may score higher in 10 years. (1478 views) | | | Tasted by Geaux Tigers on 2/27/2021 & rated 96 points: PnP and ready from the start! Delicious. If you’ve had Dalla Valle you know the notes, hillside eastern Oakville. Not much better out there for my palate! (2506 views) | | | Tasted by patwjr on 2/25/2021 & rated 94 points: Decanted for 2 hours, rebottled/corked for ride to restaurant & reopened 1 hour later. Drank 1 hour after that in 3rd flight, so in our glasses at the 4 hour mark. The Cab Franc added a beautiful note to the nose. Smooth & delicious, though the tannins show it still has plenty of time to mature. (1760 views) | | | Tasted by enthusiastic_amateur on 1/11/2021 & rated 92 points: Rich, bold, ripe fruit throughout. A little green and tannin on the finish. Not fully integrated yet. Could wait for several more years, drank a bit too young. (1464 views) | | | Tasted by farinas on 5/29/2020 & rated 94 points: Muscular and nicely aged this DV had the fragrance of years past however the body was not as pure and fleshy as the ‘09. Really nice stuff though don’t get me wrong. (1848 views) | | | Tasted by DawgByte on 4/14/2020 & rated 92 points: I agree with a previous reviewer that described this offering as thin and lacking depth. I'm not sure if this Cab has gone into a dormant phase, because the nose lacked presence and a sense of place. It's drinking more like a young Bordeaux or a Turley Zin with red fruit and a lot of spice and grainy tannins on the back end.
Some may really appreciate a more restrained and elegant Cab, but I was disappointed at this price point. Interestingly this wine falls in line with more current trends in Napa Cabs, where the fruit is dialed back with an old world structure. This Cab is built for aging and can easily use another 10 years to reach peak. (1758 views) | | | Tasted by cab_fran on 12/13/2019 & rated 92 points: Consensus feedback around the table was that this 2010 DV was “thin” - lacking in depth of fruit in particular. PnP (into decanter) after an issue with the cork; the wine was still drinkable. I was a bit surprised and disappointed given my love for this producer. I’m hoping for better from the next bottle. (1629 views) | | | Tasted by jimyeni on 4/5/2019 & rated 93 points: Good, floral with sweet blackberries. On the darker side. It was definitely good just wanted more for this price point. (2389 views) | | | Tasted by ctjared on 12/22/2018: very nice stuff. dark fruit and a lot of life left. (2152 views) | | | Tasted by jonnyoro on 7/17/2018 & rated 99 points: Still very young with even more potential- this is a complete napa cabernet - let’s start with the finish- sweet tannins, super long finish that goes on forever; lots of black fruit with tar, coal, and molten rock... absolutely lovely- a wow wine that should age very gracefully; one of the best young Cabernets I’ve had in quite a while- YUM (2485 views) | | | Tasted by bestdamncab on 12/5/2017 & rated 93 points: Nose of black cherry, minerals, and plum, same on the palate, medium/big body, very tasty, needs 2 years to peak drinking window, rich fruit, makes you wish for driving on the Silverado Trail, mouth filling, long, flavorful finish and aftertaste. (2915 views) | | | Tasted by B Paul on 4/18/2017 & rated 95 points: Last bottle I had was almost three years ago and at the time I noted it needed a lot of air. This has entered a good drinking window now and, while a little air benefitted the wine, it is in a good spot. That said, this will probably still be on the upswing for a few years. Drink or hold. (3231 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 11/28/2016 & rated 94 points: Just a gorgeous style of California Cabernet Sauvignon here. The deep, dark fruits are ripe, sweet, supple textured and fresh. The wine has weight, density, complexity and length. Balanced and already open, while this clearly can age for another decade or 2, if you like young wine, it is not a bad thing to pop a cork. (4197 views) | | | Tasted by patwjr on 6/12/2016 & rated 94 points: Completely closed during 1st hour so we stopped. Recorked, then reopened & drank 6 hours later - what a difference. Richer, sweet fruit & finally showing MUCH better. Have with food & a long 5+ hour decant, or just wait 5 more years. 94++ with some age. (3158 views) | | | Tasted by michael47 on 1/13/2016 & rated 95 points: Delicious bottle of California cab, full of extract and layers of rich ripe cab fruit with nice structure of acids and tannins that need 5 years to settle down. Expect it will be even better in 5+ years. (3323 views) | | | Tasted by B Paul on 4/25/2014 & rated 94 points: Needs a lot of air, or better yet some bottle age. Very nice nevertheless, but I only see this getting better. 94+ (4845 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2011 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon: Terroir Matters - Updated (Nov 2013)
(Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2010 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon: An Epic Vintage (Dec 2012)
(Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2012, IWC Issue #162
(Dalla Valle Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, New Releases from Napa Valley (Dec 2011)
(Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Dalla Valle Producer website
2010 Dalla Valle Cabernet SauvignonFROM PRODUCER:
The 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon from the Dalla Valle estate is all about
power, density, and verve. The growing season was both mild and
intense, with ample sunshine, cool temperatures, and several intense
heat events. The vineyards at Dalla Valle soaked it all in, delivering
fruit with amazing depth and purity. The wine is almost impossibly
dark, opaque, and packed with aromatic excitement. Cassis, cacao
beans, burning sage, and baking spices explode from the glass. There
is impressive weight and thickness, and, despite its tannic structure
and strength, the wine is very enjoyable as it saturates the palate,
even at this early stage in its life. This is a wine that will bring
pleasure right now, and will age for many years, probably decades, to
come.Cabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Oakville |
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