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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.7 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Troon on 5/24/2023 & rated 92 points: Decanted for a little more than an hour. Enjoyed over the next 3 hours. Cherry tobacco on the nose. Initially there were chalky tannins and subtle fruit on the palate. Over time, more blue fruit and tannins softened. The finish is average. I’d rate wine higher if finish was longer. It’s a decent effort, but I’m stuck trying to determine if QPR is there at $150. (477 views) | | | Tasted by Colinjwalsh on 2/20/2021 & rated 93 points: Too soon (1523 views) | | | Tasted by Badmonkey on 1/22/2021 & rated 93 points: Purple fruit - currants, blackberry, and dark cherry. Smooth mid-palate with a nice purity and decent depth/concentration - medium/medium plus body. Nice rich flavors of dark berries, spice/licorice, and a little graphite component. Decent finish but not overly long nor deep - it could use some more time to open-up especially with the finish which isn’t a surprise in light of its youth. Decanted for two hours and drank over a couple more. Improved a little with time. 93 for me at this stage, however, I believe the 94+ rating from WA and 95 rating from Galloni make sense with some more time - another year or two in my opinion. WA anticipated maturity 2020 to 2038. 100% cab. (2840 views) |
| By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, Napa Valley’s 2017s (1/31/2020)
(Corra Cabernet Sauvignon) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2017 & 2018 Napa Valley In Depth (Jan 2020) (1/1/2020)
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Link to James Laube's blog on Corra and Celia Masyczek
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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