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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94.7 pts. and median of 95 pts. in 61 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by A&C on 3/24/2024 & rated 97 points: Wow. This was truly spectacular. Took to my parents' house for my Dad's 86th birthday, and this did not disappoint at all. Delicious. Wonderful. A real treat. Holy crap!! (107 views) | | | Tasted by Rick 4 Wine on 11/28/2023 & rated 96 points: This wine is drinking great for my palate, and I’m again amazed that the CT cognoscenti would say this drining window closed in 2023. To both of our tastes, this was drinking better the second night. It is still full of dark purple fruit. Secondary oak nuances abound with all the predictable cigar box and wet tobacco but there is umami coming through as tertiary notes, ore like mushrooms in wet earth or wood, but less like fallen leaves and those kinds o comparisons. this is subtle and nuanced on the back palate through finish and not pronounced on the nose. (363 views) | | | Tasted by wine-eau on 11/24/2023 & rated 95 points: Corra never disappoints me! Gorgeous black currant, cedar, bay leaf, milk chocolate. Drinking well. Lost nothing night#2. (148 views) | | | Tasted by mdvillaverde on 5/18/2023 & rated 93 points: Consistent with past notes. (422 views) | | | Tasted by mdvillaverde on 6/22/2022 & rated 94 points: 14.5% abv. Surprised i havent enjoyed this vintage before. Desne and concentrated fruit. Mildly sweet nose on the swirl. Enjoyable across all 3 days. (721 views) | | | Tasted by Acohen on 4/29/2022 & rated 97 points: Rich intense plum, currant and mocha with deep rich tannins and lingering finish (717 views) | | | Tasted by jaxpaj on 5/3/2021 & rated 92 points: I don't see this improving. Drink now. (1782 views) | | | Tasted by jrobs7777 on 2/12/2021: Delicious. Mocha, dark fruit some black tea perhaps. Nice herbal kick. Drinking very well. Full and robust but well balanced. (1596 views) | | | Tasted by cubswinws on 12/24/2020: Gift to Bickford (1420 views) | | | Tasted by Schiffy on 12/19/2020 & rated 93 points: Excellent Cab with blackberry, plum fruit with cassis, lavender and earth notes on the finish. Absolutely must decant for 30-45 minutes to unlock the complexity of this wine. (1199 views) | | | Tasted by Acohen on 6/11/2020 & rated 95 points: Rich dark sweet fruit with pure currant, plum, coffee and great long finish (1434 views) | | | Tasted by TXRDW on 11/9/2019 & rated 92 points: Drank over several hours. Very closed at first and a little disjointed. Re-corked and came back about 5 hours later to finish the rest of the bottle. The wine started to come together, but not to the extent I had experienced in the past. In hindsight I should have let the wine slow ox for several hours. In any case I think the wine was at or past its peak drinking window. (1761 views) | | | Tasted by Geaux Tigers on 7/20/2019 & rated 90 points: More earth than fruit. Tobacco, black tea, olive, cured meat, herbs, faint red fruit, hint of plum. Bit of a hot note on the back. Oak and tannins receded. Very disappointed. (2042 views) | | | Tasted by Vinophiliac559 on 6/13/2019: Pnp, didnt have a decanter when we opened this. Imo really needed a decant to open up. Very sappy, sweet red and black fruit, new oak prevalent, big chewy palate. After a few glasses we recorked and drank the following day. Much better day 2, classy New world Cab nose, sweet dark fruits, well integrated oak, palate had mellowed out and felt more balanced. Very nice wine, still very youthful, no secondaries yet. Drink now with a good decant or overnight slow-ox. (1857 views) | | | Tasted by TastesGoodToMe on 5/19/2019 & rated 95 points: Almost a 96. Decanted 1 hour. Such purity of fruit. Deep and brooding. Huge wine - but balanced so not overdone. Long finish. Wish I had more. Well done. (2246 views) | | | Tasted by Griffeyfan04 on 3/23/2019 & rated 97 points: Some of the purest fruit you will find in a Napa Cab. This is singing with a 3 hour decant. Feminine and silky with clean fruit driven notes (1961 views) | | | Tasted by KeithSurg on 9/17/2018 & rated 95 points: Drank over 2 hrs after a short decant. Drinking beautifully. Perfect balance of rich fruit, herbal complexity, soft tannins, velvety mouthfeel and silky finish. Lack a little wow factor for a higher score, but this is an absolute pleasure to drink. (2022 views) | | | Tasted by cubswinws on 8/24/2018 & rated 95 points: Remarkable cabernet that is firing on all cylinders. Just lovely and in perfect balance with big round tannins. Great showing! (1590 views) | | | Tasted by cubswinws on 11/26/2016 & rated 96 points: Glorious cabernet. Amazing depth and nice fine tannins with soft luxurious mouthfeel. Drinks like (or even better than) a wine twice the price. Bravo! (3601 views) | | | Tasted by ageverett on 10/29/2016 & rated 95 points: Slow ox for 3 hours, then through a Vinturi and into decanter for another 4 hours.
Also had a 2013 Pott Western and two big Spanish wines (El Nido and Vega Sicilia).
I think this was generally the preferred wine of the group. Really well polished - so much going on, but not over the top in any facet.You really wanted another glass of this, and it played nicely with the various dishes that folks brought. Lovely.
Glad we gave it lots of air; it's got many years of life. (3748 views) | | | Tasted by T.O.Wineaux on 1/29/2016 & rated 96 points: Fabulous balance with an exquisite mouthfeel and flavor. Just a great nose of dark fruits. A hint of spice on the palate. The wife said its one of the best wines she's ever had! Terrific!!! (4375 views) | | | Tasted by Vinum Bellator on 10/18/2015 & rated 96 points: Beautiful balance. Excellent mouthfeel. Great tannins. Need more? (4469 views) | | | Tasted by Griffeyfan04 on 10/12/2015 & rated 97 points: Racy fruit and mint with a kiss of oak. Very ripe but balanced. Great textured tannins. This will be great to follow along as time goes by (4071 views) | | | Tasted by Superjack29 on 10/9/2015 & rated 97 points: This has never not been a WOTN for me. Double decanted through aerator and let sit in decanter for 3 hours before rebottling and bringing to Girasole. Also had an M Etain '12, Favia Rompecabeza '12 and 2 Chardonnays (Lewis Reserve '13 and Aubert SC '11). I hope I can hold off on the rest to actually see this wine thru its life cycle. (2698 views) | | | Tasted by rsternth on 8/22/2015 & rated 91 points: A little less depth than I expected, but I did not decant it. Still has a slight acidity. Great little nose on it. (2463 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (2/18/2015)
(Corra Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, New Releases from Napa Valley: 2012 and 2013 (Dec 2014) (10/1/2014)
(Corra Cabenet Sauvignon Pritchard Hill, Rutherford, Oakville) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2014, IWC Issue #174
(Corra Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2011 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon: Terroir Matters - Updated (Nov 2013)
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Cabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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