1997 Corison Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (44) Avg Score: 90.2 points

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  7/30/2023 - jz-drinks-wine wrote: 87 Points

  Elegant body, notes of prunes, dry herbs, dry flowers, chocolate and leather. Fine soft tannins and good acidity. Unfortunately it has just surpassed its best drinking window as it’s almost all tertiary and it’s starting to lose intensity.

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  6/25/2022 - Somm Troy S Likes this wine: 97 Points

  The technical and artful abilities behind the winemaking for this wine is astounding, how Cathy Corison is able to produce such a wine of place and ethereal majesty in a climate and winemaking culture like what's found in Napa is beyond me, refreshing, and awesome. The 1997 vintage doesn't hurt, it being such a highly rated year. This Cab bristles with quality and nuance, tertiary flavors for days, but the core fruit remains persistent and the structure is glorious, I mean it's just impeccably balanced and alive even after 25 years, and it can keep going too, that's the thing. A wine for gatherings, community, *really* good food, and your awe complex. Enjoy, friends.

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  1/31/2019 - Schwarzer Hund Likes this wine:

  Sorry to be repetitive. Actually exactly same as our notes from 10/9/16. Still a classy wine.

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  2/16/2018 - Schwarzer Hund Likes this wine:

  Actually exactly same as our notes from 10/9/16. Still a classy wine.

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  8/7/2017 - doctornoah wrote: 92 Points

  Elegant, especially for the year. Wood notes resolved but part of the picture. Cassis and earth. I find a lot of 97's roasted and the reputation of the year more to die with Parkerized excess than anything else, but this comes in at 13.2% and drinks like a time machine rescue from 70's Napa.

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