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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...
Vintage 1992
Napa Valley: Early budbreak, followed by prolonged bloom induced by cool weather, caused uneven set, requiring cluster pruning in some varieties. June brought unseasonable rain, but worries were erased by the warm, dry weather which followed and continued through the summer. High temperatures brought a somewhat frenzied start to harvest in August, when it seemed all varieties would ripen at once, but a return to normally cool nights and foggy ...
