($150) Full ruby-red. Expressive aromas of boysenberry, licorice and flowers complicated by a whiff of torrefaction. Juicy and fruit-driven, with lovely inner-mouth aromatic character and definition to the flavors of dark berries, violet and licorice. The floral quality carries through to the firmly tannic finish. The lowest-ever production for this bottling at 270 cases. Give this at least a few years to expand.

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One would have to go back a decade to find a Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon as strong as the 2007. Sweet black currant fruit intermixed with unsmoked, high class cigar tobacco, creosote, herbs, and licorice are found in the complex aromatic profile. In the mouth, the sweetness of the tannin, and the exuberance of the pure red and black fruits gently touched by oak and herbs are admirable. This deep, lush, full-bodied wine should drink nicely for 15+ years.

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A gorgeous young wine that combines firm, focused currant, blackberry, spice, tobacco, earth and black licorice. Supple, subtle and layered, with the flavors reverberating on the long, detailed finish.

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