Can anyone give me advice on this bottle? We have never tried a Dalla Valle before. On the recommendation of our revered, yet dearly departed, Beltramos wine shop (Menlo Park Calif.) we tried a bottle. After 10 years of aging I thought that it would be at a prime drinking age. Sadly, we didn't like it very much. Why? I think that we have a reasonable sense of wine quality and have a lot of experience with Napa reds. Does the issue boil down to the Collina just not being that good, especially compared to Dalla Valle's Cabernet Sauvignon?
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From magnum at Thanksgiving. Up front oak was a turn off for me. As others have noted, rather one dimensional. Concentrated and ripe, could have used a bit more acidic backbone. Full bodied and a little ponderous. I’m a huge fan of DV Cab and Maya, but this one not so much.
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Nice wine. Smoky. Dark fruit. Leather. Tobacco. Perhaps a bit one dimensional. Grippy tannins wrap around the sides of your mouth initially. Tannins become more well integrated after about 2hrs. 16.5
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12/3/2023 - Sniffy-Sniff Likes this wine: 93 Points
Really tasty right out of the gate. Rich, dark, and delicious. Better on day 1. Drink now.
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7/9/2023 - Stuberman wrote:
Can anyone give me advice on this bottle? We have never tried a Dalla Valle before. On the recommendation of our revered, yet dearly departed, Beltramos wine shop (Menlo Park Calif.) we tried a bottle. After 10 years of aging I thought that it would be at a prime drinking age. Sadly, we didn't like it very much. Why? I think that we have a reasonable sense of wine quality and have a lot of experience with Napa reds. Does the issue boil down to the Collina just not being that good, especially compared to Dalla Valle's Cabernet Sauvignon?
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12/4/2022 - markydecker wrote: 89 Points
From magnum at Thanksgiving. Up front oak was a turn off for me. As others have noted, rather one dimensional. Concentrated and ripe, could have used a bit more acidic backbone. Full bodied and a little ponderous. I’m a huge fan of DV Cab and Maya, but this one not so much.
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8/21/2020 - BigBoy_Sonoma Likes this wine: 93 Points
Black fruit, cassis, herbal notes. Cedar,Smokey oak A/A-
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7/2/2020 - Burgundyboys Likes this wine:
Nice wine. Smoky. Dark fruit. Leather. Tobacco. Perhaps a bit one dimensional. Grippy tannins wrap around the sides of your mouth initially. Tannins become more well integrated after about 2hrs. 16.5
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