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Wine Description
The Story
Founded in 1986 by Gustav and Naoko Dalla Valle, Dalla Valle Vineyards is a world-renowned, family-owned winery located on the eastern hillsides of Oakville in Napa Valley. Operating on iconic volcanic soils overlooking the valley floor, the estate produces benchmark "cult" wines celebrated for their exceptional power, site specificity, and longevity. The signature Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon—typically blended with a small percentage of Cab...
Wine Information
The 2021 vintage at Dalla Valle Vineyards in Oakville stands out as a historic high point for the estate, defined by exceptional fruit concentration, vibrant precision, and world-class structure. Faced with an severe ongoing drought across Napa Valley, the estate proactively initiated earlier and more frequent precision irrigation to maintain healthy canopy development in their eastern hillside soils. Combined with moderate summer temperatures...
Vintage 2021
The 2021 Napa Valley vintage is widely celebrated as an exceptional, high-quality harvest, though it came with significantly lower yields due to an ongoing severe drought. Mild growing conditions and lack of extreme heat spikes allowed the fruit to ripen evenly, while the dry weather naturally constrained vine growth, producing smaller grapes with a high skin-to-juice ratio. This concentration yielded deep, intensely aromatic red wines—particu...
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Average Bottle Price
| Year | Price | Change |
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| 2026 | 223€ | - |
| 2026 |
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| 223€ - |
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