1st Coravin tasting (and testing)

at Yoram Solberg
Tasted Thursday, May 1, 2014 by Yagil with 416 views

Introduction

Since 3 of us bought the Coravin, we decided to taste few bottles, let them rest few months and then open them and taste once more to test the effectiveness of the Coravin.

Flight 1 (6 Notes)

  • 1998 Château Pape Clément 92 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Coravin tasting
    dark red-purple
    enjoyable nose with coffee, tobacco, autumn impressions, mushrooms and pleasant barnyard notes
    lovely and enjoyable palate with autumn impressions, dark red fruits, balanced spices, coffee and creamy chocolate, good acidity, firm silky tannins, well balanced with great harmony, long enjoyable finish.
    at peak now.

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  • 2003 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée 93 Points

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    Coravin tasting
    dark red-purple color.
    rustic nose with a pleasant mix of funk, leather, barnyard, kirsch, and a prominent garrigue note followed by a smoke
    palate has good intensity, powerful, full bodied, dark berries, vibrant, concentrated, fig paste, licorice, spiced, meaty, pepper.
    the roast meat and spice stand out on the long finish.

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  • 1999 M. Chapoutier Ermitage Le Méal 92 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

    Coravin tasting
    dark red-purple-black
    great rustic nose with barnyard & spicy.
    full bodied, firm silky tannins, dense & rich mouth filling juicy red & black fruits (cherries, black berries), liquorice, spice, oak-vanilla, elegant textured and complex, pleasant long finish.

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  • 2001 Pieve Santa Restituta (Gaja) Brunello di Montalcino Sugarille 93 Points

    Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino

    Coravin tasting
    dark red-black colour
    mature & complex nose: dark cherries, leather, bouquet of spices, toasty oak, bay leaf, earth, smoke
    rich, powerful, full bodied, soft tannins, nice acidity, structured, well balanced, intense, concentrated, cherry, kitsch, complex bouquet of spices, lingering black licorice aftertaste. long finish with similar flavours. Still young and can keep up to another decade.

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  • 2004 Margalit Cabernet Franc Single Vineyard Binyamina 91 Points

    Israel, Samaria

    Coravin tasting
    Dark red-black color with brownish rim
    Ripe cherries, plums, bret, leather and wet earth aromas
    dark forest fruits, licorice, caramel, long alcoholic after taste.
    One of the best of Margalit CF, so far.

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  • 2005 Domaine de la Janasse Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    Coravin tasting

    bought 2 bottles from vinsgrandscrus.com on Oct 2010 and kept both in my wine cooler.
    Coravin tasted the 1st May 1st, 2014.
    Too stinky for a wine to be enjoyable. Something must be wrong with this bottle. I love CDP with all its earthy funky aromas. But this one was awful.
    should be scored very low, e.g. 70 - but don't want to spoil Janasse CDP VV great records.
    what a shame…. very disappointing...

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Closing

It was a very enjoyable evening. Yoram prepared a wonderful table with many tasty dishes.

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