Dalla Valle Maya 2014

Trækasse

: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc

: rød, tør; 14,5% Vol.; Drikkemoden: 2016–2040; Pakket ind i: 3-serie OHK

: struktureret; velsmagende & krydret; rig på tanniner

: Galloni: 97/100; Decanter: 96/100; Parker: 95+/100

: USA, Californien, Napa Valley

: Allergener: Sulfitter,

Tapperi / Importør: Dalla Valle Vineyards, 7776 Silverado Trail, Napa, CA 94558, USA

Galloni om: Maya

The 2014 Maya is superb. Pliant and resonant in the glass, it is another impressive wine from the Dalla Valle family. The Maya offers striking depth, with nearly seamless contours and magnificent balance, all in the more delicate style of the year. Black cherry, incense, tobacco, espresso, menthol and dried flowers open with time in the glass, but it is the wine's balance, its overall harmony, that I find most captivating. After all these years, the 2014 Maya finally expresses all the potential it first showed as a young barrel sample. Andy Erickson made one of the wines of the vintage here. Magnificent.

Decanter om: Maya

Smoldering aromas of vanilla bean, roasted bell peppers and cassis purée. Voluptuous and grippy on the palate, with flavours of chocolate-covered-plums, graphite and dried herbs. Balances a dense, fruit-driven core with deft seriousness. Just beginning to soften, this is a showstopper in the making and should age wonderfully. 96/100

Parker om: Maya

-- Parker: It is excellent, but not one of the great efforts from this iconic winery situated on the eastern Vaca hillsides above the Oakville corridor. That said, the 2014 Maya Proprietary Red may not be as perfect as the 2013 was, but it is a fabulous effort. Finishing at 14.6% alcohol, this wine (generally a blend of about 60% Cabernet Franc and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon) has incredibly gorgeous aromatics of black and blue fruits, forest floor, violets, and an almost Graves-like, scorched earth, gravelly nuance. The wine hits the palate with a full-bodied richness and terrific harmony among its structural elements such as alcohol, acidity, tannin and wood, with moderately sweet tannins in the finish. It is a good 30- to 35-year wine, as most Mayas have tended to be, and is impressive and surprisingly structured for a 2014. Forget it for 3-4 years and drink it over the following 35-40 years. 95+/100

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