2021 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon
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Blended with 11% Cabernet Franc, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon is even more Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated than most vintages. This inky purple-hued beauty offers a sensational nose of crème de cassis, liquid violets, flowers, new leather, and graphite that's to die for. This carries to a massively concentrated, structured, inward Cabernet Sauvignon with building tannins, ample mid-palate depth and flesh, and a great finish.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate
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The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon is laced with dark red/purplish fruit, mint, lavender, rose petal, graphite and dried herbs. Medium in body and wonderfully vibrant, the 2021 is positively stellar. It's a great example of the new style here under the direction of Maya Dalla Valle. What a wine!
Full bottle 1,446 g. 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Cabernet Franc. 800 cases produced. Very dark purple. Rather haunting freshness on the nose. Real lift and elegance. Quite a standout! Bone-dry finish that is just the right side of drying. A sophisticated wine set for the long term. The refreshing inkiness of fine Cabernet (especially Franc) and properly long. Congrats. (JR)
A full-bodied and refined cabernet sauvignon with notes of blackberries, dark plums, warm herbs and spice box. Serious, with fine yet firm tannins. Vivid core of spices on the velvety center-palate. The caressing touch of berries mingles harmoniously with the peppercorns and grilled herbs. Authentic and well-composed, with a focused, long and lively finish. Try after 2025.
About the producer
Dalla Valle Vineyards was founded in 1986 by Naoko and her late husband Gustav Dalla Valle, in Oakville. Initially they had wanted to create a luxury resort, but when they discovered the potential of the site, they changed tack and decided to make wine.