Dalla Valle, Maya Vintage:2013 This is an excellent candidate

This is an excellent candidate for long cellaring

around a third less than in an average vintage

featuring beautifully knit layers of black and red fruits

Grilled herbs

It's as though the Clos de Bèze and Chambertin have switched places in 2006 as here the nose is positively kaleidoscopic with a huge range of aromas and spice elements along with a hint of menthol

Dalla Valle, Maya Vintage:2013 This is an excellent candidateThe very deep garnet purple colored 2018 Maya is shy and restrained to begin. With swirling, it begins to reveal beguiling notes of fragrant earth, lavender, garrigue and Sichuan pepper, giving way to a core of wild blueberries, boysenberries, black raspberries and black currants plus a hint of iron ore. The palate is full bodied, revealing itself in slow releasing layers of black and blue fruits with exhilarating earth and mineral sparks, framed by