Dalla Valle: Maya 2021

Dalla Valle: Maya 2021

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Cabernet Sauvignon 60%, Cabernet Franc 40%
5
rød, tør
15,0% Vol.
Modenhed til at drikke: 2029–2065
Pakket ind i: 3-delt OHK
9
struktureret
velsmagende & krydret
rig på tanniner
3
Lobenberg: 100/100
Jeb Dunnuck: 100/100
Parker: 100/100
Decanter: 99/20
The Wine Independent: 98+
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USA, Californien
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Allergener: Sulfitter,
lobenberg

Heiner Lobenberg om:
Maya 2021

100
/100

Maya er en blanding af Cabernet Sauvignon og Cabernet Franc og essensen af de bedste vinstokke fra vinmarken Dalle Valles Estate, som ligger i større højde. Dyb, uigennemsigtig lilla farve. En overdådig saftig næse af mørke bær med en spændende kombination af æteriske urter og søde krydderier. Saftige sorte kirsebær, cassis, modne brombær og lækker blommemarmelade med enebær, laurbærblad, timian, cedertræ, muskatnød, lakrids og en fabelagtig attraktiv vaniljekanelkomponent, hibiscusblomster og violer. Kompleks uden ende, dette års vin er endnu mere intens og kraftfuld end sine forgængere i 2020 eller 2019. Næsen alene er helt fantastisk! Men i munden skifter den unge vin så yderligere to gear ned til turbo! Hvilken fabelagtig essens af cassis, sorte kirsebær, kirsebærlikør, mørk chokolademousse og After Eight. Mmmh! Tanninerne er modne og polerede, men alligevel så fine og pulveragtige, at man i første omgang slet ikke opdager, hvordan de bidrager til denne store, sublime vins pondus og struktur. Efter de elegante 2019- og 2020-årgange er dette uden tvivl den mest kraftfulde, intense og koncentrerede Maya i trilogien. En slags smagskombination af den grandiose Amarone fra Romano dal Forno med den yndefulde, mystiske og flerlagede Maya. Det er helt tydeligt, at vinen har det, der skal til for at modne i lang tid, og den vil helt sikkert først afsløre sit sande potentiale om fire til fem år. En overdimensioneret, perfekt vin, og takket være dens multikompleksitet og det store, kraftfulde oscilloskop fra volumen og fed frugt til fløjl og silke og pikanthed en af de allerbedste, jeg nogensinde har smagt fra Californien. Bravo!

100
/100

Jeb Dunnuck om: Maya

The 2021 Maya Proprietary Red Wine is a classic 60/40 split of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc that spent 24 months in 80% new French oak. Ripe red, blue, and black fruit, graphite, liquid flowers, and a liquid rock-like minerality all shine in this quintessential, layered, regal, majestic 2021. It has awesome purity, full-bodied richness, flawlessly polished tannins, and a great finish. This is a legend in the making, and Napa Valley simply doesn’t get any better. It will take a solid decade for this to hit maturity, and it should have 30+ years of prime drinking thereafter.

100
/100

Parker om: Maya

Simply a wonderful wine, the 2021 Maya oozes class, with deep, complex aromas of violets and cassis, earthy loam and hints of tobacco and mint. It's just medium to full-bodied, cool, silky and finessed. Supremely elegant but concentrated, just reined in, restrained. She's the "perfect" girl, the one so special a younger me would be afraid to ask out. The current me is married, so... I'll just sit here and drink it in. Readers should drink it in too. All of it, from the upfront fruit to the lingering, savory finish. While approachable now, this wine should continue to drink well for two decades or more. 100/100

99
/20

Decanter om: Maya

This is a tiny production wine made only in certain vintages when enough of a cut can be made that it doesn't detract from the Maya bottling, as this is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from Maya's Block. It is a stand-out wine in the lineup, super polished, incredibly expressive, and layered with classic Cabernet Sauvignon notes of blackberry, graphite, and garrigue with perfectly integrated sweet cedar spices. Full-bodied with satiny soft fruit, superfine mineral-laced tannins, sweetly perfumed black cherry and plum fruits, and even early spring Rainier cherry notes. Long and focused while deeply layered and impressionable. Maya Dalla Valley, the daughter of founder Naoko Dalla Valle, is the winemaker with Andy Erickson and Michel Rolland consulting, while Edgar Alfaro manages the vineyards.

Smagsnotat
98+

The Wine Independent om: Maya

The deep purple-black colored 2021 Maya is composed of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Cabernet Franc. Blueberry preserves, Morello cherries, and lilac scents slowly emerge from the nose, leading to a beguiling undercurrent of tar, lavender, damp earth, and iron ore. The full-bodied palate is taut with muscular blue and black fruits, supported by firm, finely-grained tannins and jaw-dropping tension, finishing with long-lingering mineral sparks. It’s still very closed on the nose and palate, needing 5-7 years to really show its stuff. It should easily cellar 30 years and beyond. 98+/100

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Dalla Valle

Vingården Dalla Valle byder på en fantastisk udsigt over Napa Valley. Fra en terrasse på en bjergskråning 120 meter over Silverado Trail i Oakville.

Maya 2021