Dalla Valle - Maya Napa Valley 2021 (750ml)
Price: $625.00
| Producer | Dalla Valle |
| Country | USA |
| Region | California |
| Subregion | Napa Valley |
| Varietal | Red Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 9550 |
| Size | 750ml |
Wine Advocate: 100 Points
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. Published: Dec 29 2023
Jeb Dunnuck: 97-100 Points
The 2021 Maya Proprietary Red Wine is the usual blend of 60% Cabernet Franc and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon from a single parcel of Cabernet Sauvignon and a selection of Cabernet Franc that will spend 24 months in 80% new French oak. It has a more floral exotic style in its blue fruits spring flowers incense and peppery herbal nose as well as a stunningly pure elegant polished seamless style on the palate. It's another magical wine in the making from this terroir.
The Wine Independent: 99 Points
The 2021 Maya 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Cabernet Franc is deep garnet-purple in color. It sails out with graceful notes of violets fresh blackberries and blackcurrant pastilles giving way to wafts of pencil shavings and underbrush. The full-bodied palate is an exercise in elegance with fine-grained tannins and a lively backbone finishing long and fragrant. Review
Vinous: 98+ Points
The 2021 Maya is young but so promising. A wine of density and stature the 2021 offers striking vertical depth with bright acids and plenty of tannin. All the elements are so well balanced. Intense red fruit blood orange cinnamon new leather and cedar all meld together but it is the whole rather than the sum of parts that is most impressive here. A blast of vibrant fruit explodes through to the finish. Unforgettable. - By Antonio Galloni on May 2024 Generational transition is one of the hardest things for family wineries to deal with regardless of region. Maya Dalla Valle has done a tremendous job with her 2021s. The wines marry all the textural intensity readers have come to expect here but also show a touch more precision and nuance than in the past. These magnificent wines point to a brilliant future as Dalla Valle moves into its second generation.
