1997 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (127) Avg Score: 92.9 points

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  1/18/2024 - thesternowl wrote: 92 Points

  1997 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Retrospective (Omaha, NE): Presented single-blind; no formal notes. This was super similar to wine #4. The most striking characteristic for both wines was a powerful note of finely ground cumin on the nose. Fruit is mostly desiccated at this point; the structure keeping everything together. While dimming, this seemed to show indications that this was a slightly more powerful wine earlier in its life. I called “Dalle Valle”. Drink now.

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  1/11/2024 - Ruby99 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Brick at the edges
  mature nose of leather and tobacco leaf. Perhaps there is a hint of sherry
  The wine is leathery with tobacco leaf and sweet cherries. The fruit is definitely still there but I sense it has started its decline
  A very nice fully mature wine. I would not wait long to drink any remaining bottles (and we have 2!)

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  10/3/2023 - Mdubnik Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Tons of life left. Huge black fruit present on the nose and in the mouth. This was an absolutely stunning bottle. It's in a perfect place and certainly worthy of pulling a cork now, but could wait for up to another decade.

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  6/11/2022 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 95 Points

  There is still plenty of life here. Ripe and structured with some secondary caramelized notes emerging. Cherry, pipe tobacco, cassis and leather. Very good and loving the 13.5% abv.

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  7/25/2021 - advinm41 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Excellent fully mature Cab, peak drinking, dark fruit still very much alive with lots of secondary and tertiary aromas: truffle, barnyard, tobacco, cocoa, allspice and cardamom. Palate is medium bodied, mouth coating black fruit laced with truffle and spices. Long finish. Excellent!

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