2014 Dalla Valle Maya
Community Tasting Note
Cailles wrote:
Friday, October 4, 2019 - Yes, this wine has a powerful, slutty Napa side but that is well balance with the strong herbal component and elegance and sophistication from the large Cabernet Franc portion (40% of the blend). All that made this wine my WOTN in a 13 bottle lineup including some stars (Screaming Eagle 2013). Complex, well-defined and just great to drink.
TN: Intense and sexy nose displaying ripe dark fruit, spearmint, coffee, some meaty notes and a nice fresh herbal component. Same on the palate with a very well balanced aromatic profile showing some red fruit, coffee, spices, earthy notes, riper dark fruit and again a lot of herbs. Intense, powerful but embedded in a very soft and silky structure and a good freshness which keeps is elegant. Cannot be served to warm as some heat might show. But overall a really nice, balanced, well-defined showing.
Decanting: No extensive decant. My impression is that 2 hours in the decanter might do good things here.
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Comment posted by The_english_wine_guy:
11/6/2019 12:55:00 PM - Tried this today and echo your notes. Love it when so closely aligned. All the mint and herbal freshness on the nose , earth, dusty cocoa nib, coffee notes and that finish, it's a banging drop. The 16 was on another level too, and 15 was least favourite, all tasted over the course of a few hours from opening too and at different stages. For me 16 just shaded 14 but quite different styles. Very terroir drive wines. Excellent