DVO (Dalla Valle & Ornellaia) - Napa Valley 2019 (750ml)

 
WS
95
JD
99

Price: $327.00

#100 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2022

Producer DVO (Dalla Valle & Ornellaia)
Country USA
Region California
Subregion Napa Valley
Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage 2019
Sku 5546
Size 750ml

Jeb Dunnuck: 99 Points

I was blown away by the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon DVO, a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Cabernet Franc made as a collaboration between the team at Dalla Valle and Ornellaia. Remarkable notes of red and black currants, spring flowers, lead pencil, loamy earth, and classy oak all emerge from this young yet amazingly balanced, seamless Cabernet. Full-bodied on the palate and perfectly balanced, with silky tannins, it will probably be as good as it gets with 7-8 years of bottle age and is a magical Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon that will evolve for 30 years or more.

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Wine Spectator: 95 Points

This has a tightly layered core of cassis mulberry and damson plum while notes of warm earth and a bright iron spine drive underneath. Features a floral flash in the background as the fruit and iron notes coalesce seamlessly on the finish. Steady as a rock. Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2023 through 2036. 550 cases made.