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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.

1988 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  90   

1988 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

RP  90   

1993 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  93   

1993 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; base neck fill

RP  93   

1993 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  93   

1996 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  93   
ST  92+    

1996 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  93   
ST  92+    

1997 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  93   
ST  93   

1998 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  94   
WS  91   
ST  91   

1999 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94   
ST  93+    
3 available
Bid

1999 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; base neck fill

WS  95   
RP  94   
ST  93+    

2000 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  93   
RP  90   
ST  90+    
3 available
Bid

2001 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  94+    
ST  93   
WS  91   

2001 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  94+    
ST  93   
WS  91   

2005 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WS  93   
ST  91-93   
RP  90   
2 available
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2007 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill

WS  95   
RP  94   
ST  92   

2009 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill

WS  94   
WA  93   

2010 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill

RP  95   

2012 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Base neck fill

VN  98   
RP  94   
WS  91   

2014 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

VN  95   
CT  93.4   

2018 Dalla Valle Collina Red

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

JD  94   
VN  93   
WA  90+    

2018 Dalla Valle Collina Red

1.5ltr

JD  94   
VN  93   
WA  90+    

2019 Dalla Valle Collina Red

1.5ltr

JD  94   
VN  92   

2011 Dalla Valle Maya

Light label condition issue

ST  93   
WS  91   
RP  89-91   

2019 Dalla Valle Maya

WA  100   
JD  100   
VN  98   
JS  98   
JR  16+    
3 available
Bid *