DALLA VALLE 100% PERFECTION

Signed 2016 Dalla Valle Vineyards "MDV" Cabernet Sauvignon

100% = A perfect score. One hundred points, one magnum, once in a lifetime? Live your dreams to covet this signed unattainable, tangible perfection handcrafted by iconic tastemaker Andy Erickson.

2016 Dalla Valle MDV (AG 100) "Dalla Valle's 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon MDV - a 100% Cabernet from the Maya blocks - is simply magnificent. Another year in bottle has really helped the 2016 come together. Inky and explosive yet also wonderfully transparent for such a big wine, the 2016 is mind-blowingly beautiful. Tasting it brings back fond memories of the 1999, a one-off auction wine that later became the prototype for the present-day MDV. The 2016 is so vivid in the glass, and yet it possesses tremendous richness and simply mind-blowing intensity. What a wine!" - Antonio Galloni, Vinous (01/2020)

WINEMAKER

Andy Erickson has crafted iconic wines for Screaming Eagle, Dalla Valle, Arietta, and Ovid and is one of the most celebrated winemaking talents in Napa Valley. Andy has been the winemaker for Dalla Valle Vineyards since 2007. One of the most accomplished winemakers of his generation, Andy is a master at making site-specific wines that embody the character and complexity of some of the world's greatest vineyards. At Dalla Valle, Andy works alongside Naoko and Maya Dalla Valle, and Vineyard Manager Edgar Alfaro to craft beautifully aromatic wines of profound structure and elegance.

"I came to Dalla Valle because I wanted to work with this vineyard," says Andy. "Under Naoko's stewardship, Dalla Valle has become one of the greatest estates in the United States. As a winemaker who loves making wines with a deep and nuanced sense of place, working with a site like Dalla Valle is a privilege and a joy."

DALLA VALLE VINEYARDS

Dalla Valle Vineyards is recognized as one of Napa Valley's preeminent family-run wineries. Founded in 1986 by Naoko and her late husband Gustav Dalla Valle, on the famed eastern hillsides of Oakville, Dalla Valle Vineyards has earned acclaim as one of world's most celebrated wine estates, yielding wines of extraordinary character and complexity, vintage after vintage. Today, Dalla Valle is guided by the mother-and-daughter team of Naoko and Maya Dalla Valle, who work alongside an illustrious team including Winemaker Andy Erickson.

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Value: Priceless

RESTRICTIONS

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