1993 Dalla Valle Maya Proprietary Red - 98 pts - 750ml

1993 Dalla Valle Maya Proprietary Red - 98 pts - 750ml

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1993 Dalla Valle Maya Proprietary Red - 98 pts!

The estate wines produced by Dalla Valle Vineyards originates in specific vineyard blocks, imbuing each with a unique sense of place. There are three wines produced each year from the estate.

Collina Dalla Valle, translating from Italian to “Hill of the valley”, is the introductory wine into the brand. This red blend is created from the younger vines on the property and offers a more approachable profile in its youth.

Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon was the first wine created from the estate in 1986. Always blended with a small fraction of Cabernet Franc, the Cabernet expresses the beauty of Dalla Valle Vineyards terroir.

Maya, named after founders Naoko and Gustav’s daughter, is a special blend of Maya’s Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon and our best selected blocks of Cabernet Franc.

MDV is a mailing list only wine that is produced only in exceptional years. It is a 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Maya’s Vineyard, the base of Maya.

     

Varietal Proprietary Blend
Vintage 1993
Rating 98 RP
Bottle Size 750 ml
Bottle Quantity 1
Country USA
Region California
Location North Coast
Producer Dalla Valle
Color Red
Wine Type Table
Rating 98 RP - The Maya Proprietary red wine is usually a blend of 45% Cabernet Franc and 55% Cabernet Sauvignon. The 1993 Maya is awesome. The opaque purple color accompanies a bouquet of stony jammy cassis roasted herbs and smoky meaty scents that are just beginning to unfold and soar from the glass. The wine possesses unbelievable concentration powerful tannin and a finish that lasts for 45+ seconds. It is an extraordinarily well-endowed and well-balanced wine that requires 5-7 years of cellaring. It will age effortlessly through the first 25 years of the next century. The 1993s and 1994s are in bottle and the 1993s which were released several months ago are disappearing before any bottles hit the retail shelf. Readers who could neither afford nor find the Cabernet Sauvignon or Maya Proprietary Red will have to wait another ten months for the release of the 1994s. Production at Dalla Valle has dropped largely because of the phylloxera damage to the vineyard and the consequent replanting. For example the production in 1993 was 40% less than that in 1992. The quantities of wine in 1994 will be equally small. Not until the late nineties is production expected to return to its former level. RP
Wine Spectator
Burghound
Varietal Proprietary Blend
Vintage 1993
Rating 98 RP
Bottle Size 750 ml
Bottle Quantity 1
Country USA
Region California
Location North Coast
Producer Dalla Valle
Color Red
Wine Type Table
    Varietal Proprietary Blend
    Vintage 1993
    Rating 98 RP
    Bottle Size 750 ml
    Bottle Quantity 1
    Country USA
    Region California
    Location North Coast
    Producer Dalla Valle
    Color Red
    Wine Type Table
    Varietal Proprietary Blend
    Vintage 1993
    Rating 98 RP
    Barrels
    Style
    Owners
    Region California
    Location North Coast
    Producer Dalla Valle
    Winemaker

    Production
    Robert Parker Rating 98 RP - The Maya Proprietary red wine is usually a blend of 45% Cabernet Franc and 55% Cabernet Sauvignon. The 1993 Maya is awesome. The opaque purple color accompanies a bouquet of stony jammy cassis roasted herbs and smoky meaty scents that are just beginning to unfold and soar from the glass. The wine possesses unbelievable concentration powerful tannin and a finish that lasts for 45+ seconds. It is an extraordinarily well-endowed and well-balanced wine that requires 5-7 years of cellaring. It will age effortlessly through the first 25 years of the next century. The 1993s and 1994s are in bottle and the 1993s which were released several months ago are disappearing before any bottles hit the retail shelf. Readers who could neither afford nor find the Cabernet Sauvignon or Maya Proprietary Red will have to wait another ten months for the release of the 1994s. Production at Dalla Valle has dropped largely because of the phylloxera damage to the vineyard and the consequent replanting. For example the production in 1993 was 40% less than that in 1992. The quantities of wine in 1994 will be equally small. Not until the late nineties is production expected to return to its former level. RP
    Antonio Galloni Rating
    Wine Spectator Rating
    Burghound Rating

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