The 2020 Dalla Valle Maya Proprietary Red Wine is a distinguished offering from Napa, California. This red wine is a proprietary blend predominantly composed of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Cabernet Franc. It is produced by Dalla Valle and features a cork closure with an alcohol content of 15.0%.

Decanter awarded this wine an exceptional score of 99, highlighting its fragrant and scented nose. The review notes the wine's smooth and supple palate, describing it as "crisp and crunchy yet smooth and silky and also slightly chewy and bouncy." Decanter praises the wine's combination of power and focus, emphasizing its drive, nuance, and detailed presentation. The review concludes that this wine is "full but not overpowering, rich but not overly alcoholic - a wonderful presentation and totally delicious."

James Suckling also gave the wine high praise with a score of 96. Suckling describes it as having "subtle yet transparent blackberry, black licorice and cassis bush" with additional notes of sage, lavender, and graphite. He commends the wine for its full body, tight and refined tannins, and its austere finish, suggesting that it will benefit from three to four years of aging.

Jeb Dunnuck, with a score of 96+, notes the wine's full-bodied nature and highlights its rich core of red and black fruits, dark chocolate, leafy tobacco, spring flowers, and a touch of chalky minerality. Dunnuck praises its structure, concentration, and perfect balance, asserting that "it doesn't get any better in 2020."

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate awarded the wine a 97, noting its similarity to a Cabernet Sauvignon, but with an added touch of leafy complexity. The review mentions flavors of black cherries, cassis, cedar, and vanilla, describing the wine as medium to full-bodied with a richly textured and tannic profile, yet with an open-knit feel and a ripe, softly wooly finish.

Wine Spectator provided a slightly lower score of 92, observing the wine's cassis and black cherry fruit core, flanked by a prominent tobacco note and a loamy edge. The review suggests the wine shows more of its Cabernet Franc side and recommends consuming it from 2024 through 2035.

The Wine Independent, giving a score of 97, describes the wine as deep garnet-purple in color with scents of warm cassis, black raspberries, and mulberries, along with rose oil, menthol, dark chocolate, and sandalwood. The review highlights the wine's medium to full-bodied, concentrated, and impactful palate, with spicy black and red berry layers and a long, mineral-laced finish.

Overall, the 2020 Dalla Valle Maya Proprietary Red Wine has received highly favorable reviews, with particular praise for its balanced structure, rich flavor profile, and excellent presentation.