Dalla Valle • Napa Valley, California
Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon is the estate flagship from Dalla Valle Vineyards in Oakville, Napa Valley—first released…Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon is the estate flagship from Dalla Valle Vineyards in Oakville, Napa Valley—first released in 1986—and is built from hillside-grown Cabernet (typically blended with small amounts of Cabernet Franc and occasiona…Learn More »
$265
/750ml
2013 Retail Average
95
/100
2013 Pro Rating
Power builds slowly in the 2013 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon, which opens with intense blackcurrant and black cherry layered over graphite, cedar and dark cocoa. The palate is deep and concentrated yet finely sculpted, its ripe fruit wrapped in polished but insistent tannins and a cool, stony edge that keeps the wine precise rather than heavy. This is a stately, long-haul Oakville Cabernet that promises even greater complexity as its structure mellows with time.
Dry-aged ribeye steak; Braised short ribs; Roast lamb with rosemary and garlic
Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon is the estate flagship from Dalla Valle Vineyards in Oakville, Napa Valley—first released in 1986—and is built from hillside-grown Cabernet (typically blended with small amounts of Cabernet Franc and occasionally Petit Verdot) to express the site’s concentrated dark-fruit power, firm structure and mineral lift. The wine is known for ripe black and blue fruit, layered spice and long, ageworthy tannins that reflect the vineyard’s gravelly soils and elevated aspect above the valley floor.