Dalla Valle, Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, 1994 (1.5L) BRUNELLODI040225 acquired by Giacosa in 1982

acquired by Giacosa in 1982

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Dalla Valle, Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, 1994 (1.5L) BRUNELLODI040225 acquired by Giacosa in 19821994 is one of the benchmark Napa Cabernet vintages, and this is a magnum of it from one of Oakville's great hillside estates. Gustav and Naoko Dalla Valle planted 21 acres on a rocky volcanic plateau just east of the Silverado Trail, where iron rich red soils and yields held to about a ton and a half per acre produce Cabernet of real density; Heidi Barrett made the wine in these years. The 1994 season was a long, even one a dry, cool spring that