About five years since my last bottle, and it has opened up a bit, but is still quite youthful. Good dark color. Nose of dark fruits. Long finish. Should probably wait another five before opening my last bottle, but not sure I will make it that long.
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Fabulous nose to start: blackberry leaves, brown sugar and a whiff of menthol. In the mouth, the berries explode, nicely in balance with acids and ultra smooth, but slightly drying tannins. It’s not rich, rather invigorating. The finish is salvia inducing, seemingly forever. Fresh enough after 13 years to indicate plenty of life left. Unfortunately, this is our last.
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Overall nice wine but this lacks personality in my opinion, kind of one dimensional where you expect more but it never really delivers. have 3 more bottles and hoping more time will evolve this.
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Cedar, blue berries, black berries, caramel. Nicely balanced, soft tannis, good acid and a long sweet smooth finish. In my humble opinion all the Corliss wines are a great value for their price.
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Really liked this wine. Still young, but starting to develop some secondary aromas. Dark and rich, but not over extracted or overdone. One of the better Washington cabs I have had.
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Upon opening wine was very tight and closed off. Within about an hour it started to open and the fruit and spice notes became more fully developed. Hard to say how much longer it has as by day 2 it had faded. I would think about drinking it within the next couple years.
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Decanted 2 hours and back into bottle for a few more. Just starting to come out near the end or the night. Tight and tannic with tart cherry, mint, raspberry, and chalky cassis. Modern but not an extracted style. Needs 5 more years.
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Needs time in bottle that decanter can't quite work out. Tannic structure of bright red fruit, cassis, vanilla, and oak. Will be very nice in a few years.
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Double decanted. Followed over three hours. Very dark in color. Rich and full bodied with great dark fruit -but took a while to open up. Give it at least a few hours in decanted if opening now.
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Dark, fairly classic Washington Cabernet. Complex with Cassis hints and eucalyptus of a young cabernet, on the nose and merging with the palette. Should age well. Tannins strong with good acidity. Would wait at least a year to try again.
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4/7/2024 - Cow Town wrote: 93 Points
About five years since my last bottle, and it has opened up a bit, but is still quite youthful. Good dark color. Nose of dark fruits. Long finish. Should probably wait another five before opening my last bottle, but not sure I will make it that long.
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3/14/2024 - CRL Stc Likes this wine: 93 Points
PnP. Drank over 2 hours. Held up over that time and was beautiful until the end. Cork in great shape.
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10/21/2023 - Pedroel Likes this wine: 95 Points
Fabulous nose to start: blackberry leaves, brown sugar and a whiff of menthol. In the mouth, the berries explode, nicely in balance with acids and ultra smooth, but slightly drying tannins. It’s not rich, rather invigorating. The finish is salvia inducing, seemingly forever. Fresh enough after 13 years to indicate plenty of life left. Unfortunately, this is our last.
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9/2/2023 - dankgummy wrote: 93 Points
consistently great
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11/6/2022 - marshalc Likes this wine: 93 Points
Still going strong, with a fair bit of fat, well enough integrated.
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2/17/2021 - Nbkat8 wrote: 91 Points
Overall nice wine but this lacks personality in my opinion, kind of one dimensional where you expect more but it never really delivers. have 3 more bottles and hoping more time will evolve this.
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12/8/2020 - SeaSmoke wrote: 90 Points
Dark fruits, tobacco, mushrooms, tannins still very evident, and a medium finish.
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5/25/2020 - TD2Irish Likes this wine: 93 Points
Cedar, blue berries, black berries, caramel. Nicely balanced, soft tannis, good acid and a long sweet smooth finish. In my humble opinion all the Corliss wines are a great value for their price.
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4/19/2020 - Wine12345 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Opened tight, but after time it opened up and was wonderful. A great wine!
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10/13/2019 - Cow Town Likes this wine: 94 Points
Really liked this wine. Still young, but starting to develop some secondary aromas. Dark and rich, but not over extracted or overdone. One of the better Washington cabs I have had.
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4/7/2019 - SeaSmoke wrote: 90 Points
Dark fruits, tobacco, mushrooms, tannins still very evident, and a medium finish. Fruit is muted.
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11/15/2018 - SeaSmoke wrote: 90 Points
Decanted for 1.5 hours. Dark fruits, tobacco, mushrooms, minimal tannins, and a medium finish. Fruit is muted.
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5/31/2018 - Hi.its.Don.4.Wine Likes this wine: 93 Points
Upon opening wine was very tight and closed off. Within about an hour it started to open and the fruit and spice notes became more fully developed. Hard to say how much longer it has as by day 2 it had faded. I would think about drinking it within the next couple years.
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5/5/2017 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 93 Points
Decanted 2 hours and back into bottle for a few more. Just starting to come out near the end or the night. Tight and tannic with tart cherry, mint, raspberry, and chalky cassis. Modern but not an extracted style. Needs 5 more years.
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4/19/2016 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 93 Points
Needs time in bottle that decanter can't quite work out. Tannic structure of bright red fruit, cassis, vanilla, and oak. Will be very nice in a few years.
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12/31/2015 - forcumba wrote: 93 Points
Double decanted. Followed over three hours. Very dark in color. Rich and full bodied with great dark fruit -but took a while to open up. Give it at least a few hours in decanted if opening now.
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12/23/2015 - markcvino wrote: 92 Points
Dark, fairly classic Washington Cabernet. Complex with Cassis hints and eucalyptus of a young cabernet, on the nose and merging with the palette. Should age well. Tannins strong with good acidity. Would wait at least a year to try again.
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