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and consider decanting briefly if young

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Dalla Valle, Napa Valley "Maya", 1998 Chacra 2023 Matthias Hild has been makingMaya is Dalla Valle's flagship, a nearly even blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc off the best block on the estate, named for Gustav and Naoko Dalla Valle's daughter, born in 1987. The vineyard is 21 acres on a rocky volcanic plateau in Oakville just east of the Silverado Trail, where iron rich red soils and yields around a ton and a half per acre concentrate the fruit; by 1998 Tony Soter and Mia Klein were making the wine. 1998 was the El