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1995 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon Estate
Cabernet Sauvignon: 750ml
$129.99
about this wine:
"Charming, forward and approachable despite its youth. Ripe berries, mocha, toasted malt, incense and jasmine on the nose and palate. The sweet, high-toned nose is followed by a palate that nicely reflects the elegant refinement found year in and year out in our Cabernet...blended with a small amount of Cabernet Franc and aged in fifty to sixty percent new French oak barrels. This wine is consistent in its sleek sophistication, impressive structure and velvety berry flavors vintage after vintage-classic Napa Valley Cabernet in every facet. On average, approximately two thousand cases of this wine produced a year..."
points awarded:
ST 94 WA 92-94 WS 9492 -94 points,
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, June 1997
...sweet cassis aromas intermingled with scents of earth, spice, smoke, and grilled meats. This dense, powerful, muscular, concentrated wine provides an enormous mouthfeel...
94 points,
Stephen Tanzer's IWC, November 1998
...Multidimensional, expressive aromas of cassis, plum, violet, licorice, mint, leather and flowers. Juicy, penetrating fruit given thrust and focus by superb acidity. Really uncanny three-dimensional texture and great flavor intensity. Richness currently kept under wraps by powerful structure...
94 points,
Wine Spectator, November 1998
This is a dark, sharply focused, richly flavored wine, brimming with pure cherry, currant, mineral, sage and spice. Has the tannic strength to age...
