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Dalla Valle

Dalla Valle was founded in 1986 by Gustav and Naoko Dalla Valle, who purchased 21 acres on a plateau overlooking Oakville, in Napa Valley. They planted the vineyards in Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc and had their first harvest and crush in 1986. Since then the winery’s wines have become synonymous with quality and excellence. Dalla Valle produces a Cabernet Sauvignon Estate, and a very limited amount of a proprietary red named Maya, after the couple’s daughter. Maya usually contains 45-55% Cabernet Franc, and Robert M. Parker Jr., for one, has written that the finest Cabernet Franc in “the New World is from Dalla Valle’s vineyard.” Though Gustav Dalla Valle died in 1995, Naoko has continued to run the winery. Dalla Valle wines are generally available only through a mailing list. The average age of the vines is 14 years. Annual production of the Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is 2,000 cases. Annual production of Maya is 400 cases.

1992 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  92   

1992 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  92   

1992 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Signs of past seepage; label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  92   

1994 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  94   
WS  94   
4 available
Bid *

1996 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  93   
ST  92+    

1999 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  95   
RP  94   
ST  93+    
2 available
Bid *

1999 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   
ST  93+    

1999 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

WS  95   
RP  94   
ST  93+    

1999 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   
ST  93+    

1999 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   
ST  93+    

2000 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  90   
ST  90+    
5 available
Bid *

2000 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  90   
ST  90+    
4 available
Bid *

2000 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  93   
RP  90   
ST  90+    
3 available
Bid *

2000 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  93   
RP  90   
ST  90+    
2 available
Bid *

2000 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  90   
ST  90+    
2 available
Bid *

2000 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  93   
RP  90   
ST  90+    

2001 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  94+    
ST  93   
WS  91   
2 available
Bid *

2001 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  94+    
ST  93   
WS  91   

2002 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue

RP  97   
WS  94   
ST  90   

2011 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

ST  92   
WS  91   

2007 Dalla Valle Collina Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly elevated cork

1988 Dalla Valle Maya

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

RP  93   

1993 Dalla Valle Maya

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork

RP  98   
WS  93   

1996 Dalla Valle Maya

RP  96   
ST  95   
WS  92   

1996 Dalla Valle Maya

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

RP  96   
ST  95   
WS  92