brooding nose hints at licorice and minerals

soft fragrance of spice and sandalwood and medium weight

A slightly cooler nose exhibits a fruit profile that derives more from the red side of the spectrum

Less classic than some

Dalla Valle, Maya Vintage:2013 brooding nose hints at licoriceThe 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