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Bid on this 3-bottle lot of 1995 Dalla Valle Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon ((92-94RP), 94ST, 92WS). Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: "The 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon exhibits an opaque blue/black/purple color, followed by sweet cassis aromas intermingled with scents of earth, spice, smoke, and grilled meats. This dense, powerful, muscular, concentrated wine provides an enormous mouthfeel. Wineries need more than luck to produce multi-dimensional wines with this concentration, ripeness, sweetness of fruit, and overall intensity and complexity. Tasted in barrel. (RP)" (06/1997)
This lot contains the following items:
1995 Dalla Valle Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (qty: 3)
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1995 Dalla Valle Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (750 ml)Quantity: 3Provenance: Original Owner. Purchased on release from reputable sources and stored in the home wine cellar of an SF based collector & repeat consignor. Hand delivered to K&L.Label condition: One bottle lightly bin soiled label; One bottle lightly scuffed label and lightly bin soiled labelCork condition: Two bottles depressed corkTasting Notes:- Professional Reviews
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Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
94
Saturated dark ruby. Multidimensional, expressive aromas of cassis, plum, violet, licorice, mint, leather and flowers. Juicy, penetrating fruit given thrust and focus by superb acidity. Really uncanny three-dimensional texture and great flavor intensity. Richness currently kept under wraps by powerful structure. Finishes with firm-edged Medoc-like tannins. Perhaps the classiest bottling to date of this wine. (ST)
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
94
The 1995 Cabernet Sauvignon exhibits an opaque blue/black/purple color, followed by sweet cassis aromas intermingled with scents of earth, spice, smoke, and grilled meats. This dense, powerful, muscular, concentrated wine provides an enormous mouthfeel. Wineries need more than luck to produce multi-dimensional wines with this concentration, ripeness, sweetness of fruit, and overall intensity and complexity. Tasted in barrel. (RP)
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Wine Spectator
92
Perfumed red currant, cherry, anise and a sort of melted-chocolate aroma. It's firm, tight and concentrated, yet elegant in its own way, with tannins that are in balance and a long, detailed finish that shows off a minerally quality.--1995 California Cabernet retrospective. (JL, Web Only-2005)
Ratings: ST: 94 RP: 92-94 WS: 92
