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2002 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon Estate

Cabernet Sauvignon: 750ml

$159.99

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..."

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points awarded:
ST 90 WA 93 WS 94

93 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, December 2005

The 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon mirrors the Maya. It will be drinkable immediately and is capable of lasting 15 or more years.


90 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, May 2005

Bright red-ruby. Cool aromas of blueberry, violet and bitter chocolate. Sweet but cool in the mouth, with brooding flavors of dark berries, dark chocolate and mint. Offers an enticing sweetness but comes across as a bit youthfully unyielding today. Finishes with dusty, slightly clenched tannins. In a distinctly cool style. This will require five or six years for the tannins to soften.


94 points,

Wine Spectator, October 2005

A tremendous wine?rich, intense and powerful, yet exhibiting wonderful balance and finesse, with a tightly wound core of earthy currant, blackberry, mineral, lead pencil and cedary oak. Despite its considerable size and density, the flavors gush through on the finish and the structure is excellent. Best from 2008 through 2014. 900 cases made.


93 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, December 2005

The 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon mirrors the Maya. It will be drinkable immediately and is capable of lasting 15 or more years.


90 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, May 2005

Bright red-ruby. Cool aromas of blueberry, violet and bitter chocolate. Sweet but cool in the mouth, with brooding flavors of dark berries, dark chocolate and mint. Offers an enticing sweetness but comes across as a bit youthfully unyielding today. Finishes with dusty, slightly clenched tannins. In a distinctly cool style. This will require five or six years for the tannins to soften.


94 points,

Wine Spectator, October 2005

A tremendous wine?rich, intense and powerful, yet exhibiting wonderful balance and finesse, with a tightly wound core of earthy currant, blackberry, mineral, lead pencil and cedary oak. Despite its considerable size and density, the flavors gush through on the finish and the structure is excellent. Best from 2008 through 2014. 900 cases made.


About Winery


Dalla Valle occupies a spectacular position on the eastern hillsides above the Oakville Corridor. Proprietor Naoko Dalla Valle and winemaker Andy Erickson produce two wines; a Cabernet Sauvignon, and Maya, a Cabernet Sauvignon/Cabernet Franc.

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