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Dalla Valle, Napa Valley "Maya", 1998

Red Wine from California, United States
by Dalla Valle
$344.99
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Maya is Dalla Valle's flagship, a nearly even blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc off the best block on the estate, named for Gustav and Naoko Dalla Valle's daughter, born in 1987. The vineyard is 21 acres on a rocky volcanic plateau in Oakville just east of the Silverado Trail, where iron-rich red soils and yields around a ton and a half per acre concentrate the fruit; by 1998 Tony Soter and Mia Klein were making the wine. 1998 was the El Nino year: a wet spring gave poor fruit set, ripening was uneven, and harvest ran late into October and early November, but the small, loose clusters that survived had very little juice relative to skin, which is where the concentration in the better wines came from. The result is a leaner, more perfumed Maya than the great warm years, and this private-cellar bottle is fully mature. Drink it now, and give it some air.

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Antonio Galloni

93 points

"One of the biggest revelations in this tasting, the 1998 Maya is drop-dead gorgeous. Expressive aromatics lift from the glass, followed by small red berries, pine, menthol and leather. The 1998 is all about detail. What a wonderful surprise the 1998 Maya has turned out to be. There is also little doubt the 1998, from a poorly regarded vintage, has handled time with far more grace than the 1997." —Antonio Galloni

Robert Parker

95 points

"The 1998 Maya (500 cases from a blend of 45% Cabernet Franc and 55% Cabernet Sauvignon) is an amazing effort, possessing multiple layers of fruit, sweet tannin, and no herbaceousness, astringency, or thinness. This is an amazing tour de force in winemaking for the vintage. It is loaded, with impeccable balance." —Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Wine Spectator

93 points

"Dark, ripe, rich and intense, with a complex and persistent beam of black cherry, blackberry, currant, anise and sage, turning floral, picking up hints of plum and chocolate. Firmly tannic..."

More about Dalla Valle

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Red Blend

  • Vintage

    1998

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roast lamb with herbs, duck breast, mushroom risotto, or a wedge of aged Gouda.

Tasting Profile

Mature and medium- to full-bodied: red and black currant, dried herbs, cedar, tobacco leaf and earth. Fresh acidity, tannins fully resolved, more perfume than power.

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