September BYO (Ole Johan): Dark red without any transition. Nose with sweet oak, dark fruit, and some toast. The palate has concentrated and prominent dark fruit, with hints of mint and fruit syrup. The wine feels young and alive and probably has many good years ahead of it.
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90 minute decant. Nose of dark walnut wood, chocolate and black fig. Cassis and black cherry with minerals, acidity, and loads of stones, iron ore, and graphite. Granite guides the finish of dry black fruit, prominent but narrow tannins, dried basil and a hint of bell pepper. True to the old school Napa style, though I expected a bit more complexity.
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(at Zuni Cafe - SF). From 375. Mid-purple color. This strikes me as young and still primary yet cracking open the door to evolution. Juicy cassis, oak wood (versus spice) and a touch of glue. Mid-weight yet coats the palate. A sunny for sure. A bit of tannin on the finish. This should settle out and smooth the edges with another 5+ years but I don’t know if it will ever be complex. Enjoyable and not too alcoholic. Like if don’t love. (90+?)
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Had a line up tasting. Del Dotto 2006 made it to the top. 2014 corrison was a bit muted at first. Didn’t have much of the structure. After 3 hours+ decanting, the nose opened up, dark purple, long finished, long lasting tannins. Lots of black dark fruit profile.
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Very early drinking window but so good. Better after 2 hours but so good off the bat so it was hard to wait. Drank with pizza, stuffed mushrooms and then last glass no food. Last bit by far best - I’m savoring it. Beautiful crimson to light purple. Dense but not opulent. Almost no sediment. Just a beautiful aroma of dark red fruit and a bit of oak and violets. Beautiful mouthfeel evolves to a palate of slightly high acidity but a bounty of flavors too many to discern with a mix of fruits that change with every sip and that just seem to last forever (well beyond the effect of the tannins which are fine but not fully resolved). Finish well beyond the 30 second mark. Note to self: WAIT on the rest of these. Wish I had more of this one. Will easily go another 2 decades and likely to have several really awesome phases and be spectacular once the secondary flavors open up more maybe in 5-10 years. I don’t regret opening another one this early though. My wife likes bold cabs and is ok with early window and she loved it too. Outstanding wine 93++
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I am really not sure how to fully capture how seamless and delicious this wine is at such an early age. It’s clearly a product of “Sunny St. Helena” and also has a calibrated balance of fruit and structure. Dark plums are merged with warm herbs, as the wine expresses its California fruit married to old world sensibilities. The oak plays a minor supporting role, leaving that benchland fruit to take center stage. Another three to five years will further tame the tannins, but there is no sin in opening a bottle now. Just give it some air (two hours here), and it will sing in the sunshine.
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remember (as best I can -- was at my 40th high school reunion!) this being very good wine, and in particular not 'over the top' as I find a lot of the post 2000 Cali cabs to be... I"m guessing its a good QPR at around $90... also kinda remember thinking it would age (ie had the acidity for the long haul)
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Black plum, graphite, lilies, a hint of cloves on the nose. Intense dark fruit on the palate without being jammy, medium bodied, balance of strong tannins and filaments of acid in an appealing aromatic framework. A beautiful exercise in flourish and balance.
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Light ruby color, almost transparent in the glass. Red cherry, spices and slight oak. On the feminine side of a napa cab. Bright acidity with grippy inoffensive tannins.
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Needs a couple hours of air to really show itself but when it does it’s delicious. Powerful dark fruit balanced out with a nice cut of acidity to keep it smooth and never tiring.
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Blackcurrant notes are still there, as always, but acidity and backbone are near-to-mid-term at this point. Best consumed over the next few years, unlike most prior vintages.
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This is why I love Cathy Corison. She makes wine with depth and the power to last. the nose is soft and not very expressive but the taste is all cabernet.
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Blackcurrant notes are delightful and Corison's perennial elegance is there, as always. More approachable than many prior vintages, likely to hit its peak within the next two years. Much joy already, with an hour of decanting.
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First sip showed tannins. But after that it was pure cab elegance. Great lighter red fruits and some spice. 13.5 alcohol so easy drinker and ready to go after Quick decant.
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This thing is long lasting. Interesting as it changes on your mouth. My only bottle.The wine looks purple colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, raspberry, dust, mineral and walnut. It tastes like cranberry, raspberry and vanilla. The body is medium. The wine has leathery texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity.
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Generous aromatics. Old furniture, herb garden, berry tarts. After a few hours, violet candy. Shapely and long. Mocha accent. Young but very approachable.
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I wonder if I'll ever see this one again. It was offered on Wine.Woot, back in those heady final days before Woot closed the alcohol selling section for good, and it was very tasty. Ah, well. There's always another.
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Tasted at the winery. Aged like all the Corison Cabs in 50% new French oak and 50% one-year-old barrels. The 2014 was more approachable than the 2015 by a wide margin and on this day more tasty overall. It is an Opaque garnet-purple color. Nose is more forward with chocolate, herbs, black cherry, dark fruit and cedar. Palate has more ripe plum and black raspberry, stony minerality, and chocolate on the layered medium long finish. Though I did get a slightly vegetal, herbal note on the finish toward the end of the tasting that didn’t seem to “fit as well”. Overall delicious now but more developed than I would have expected.
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Really enjoyed this - significantly better than last try ~6 months ago.
Nose = first rain on a slate patio. Then the palate is a burst of purple plum fruit with blackberry and a touch of black pepper. These two extremes will integrate over years/decades but I really enjoyed this glass today.
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Young for sure but still highly impressive and already enjoyable with some decanting. A remarkable combination of elegance and purity of Cab fruit, the way Napa Cabs should be, in my opinion.
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It's awesome that the first bottle of Corison that I ever tasted was actually with the legend herself. As she said, it's still possible to make good wine there -- climate change and temperature increases aren't the end of the story. And this wine is a testament that the old Napa, the one that I love, is still alive and well. Very slight pyrazines on the nose here, along with a modest amount of black fruit and a really nice dusty element. This is obviously young, but there is plush fruit counterweighted by acidity and minerality. Napa cabernet as it ought to be.
Elegant style of varietal correct CA cab with bright acidity and nice finish. Not a crowd pleasing style of wine but I thoroughly enjoyed this wine with food.
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The 2014 iteration of Cathy Corsison's Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is an opaque ruby, full-bodied wine that somehow has already buffed its edges. Laden with black currant and black cherry fruit, it adds notes of lavender, coriander and licorice, all supported by fresh acidity, nicely integrated oak and silky tannins. When served at the appropriate temperature of 60-65°F, there is no heat from its 13.6% alcohol. Beautifully dense on the mid-palate and medium-to-long on the back end, this is a sleek, precocious Cabernet that will be a delight to enjoy any time over the next decade. Drink now-2029.
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deep purple color, dark cherries, cassis, plum and a hint of pepper, on the palate a cool fruit tending toward the blue/purple spectrum, dark cassis notes, tannins reasonably well covered by the velvety mid-palate but still this is a bit young to fully enjoy, good lengthy finish, over the course of two hours in glass this started to show the Rutherford dust character and also began to shut down. (****), 2025-2045.
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Warm vintage. House style is in the restrained and elegant style and this shows. 13.6% ABV, apparently achieved by canopy management that shades the grapes. Excellent purity but no way I would pay $86 for what is their entry level cabernet.
Decanted at 4pm, back in the blt at 5pm and started drinking 6:30ish. Semi opaque ruby red color. Youthfully primary with unexpected baby fat and slightly lower acid then usual for this producer. Lots of blackberry right now plus some chocolate, mineral, spice, hint of tobacco & cedar. 13.6% alc but, unusually for Corison it; feels, smells, and taste more like a typical CA 14.5% - 15% cab. Not in the best place right now and may never get there, for me? If forced to score, its at best, 89pts currently. Not sure I'll go back for any more of this vintage. I have pretty high expectations for Corison and anytime I pay $87 for a wine. I loved the 2010 version of this wine which was much more old school than this 2014, at present. OTOH, this 2014 might end up fine in 3 years plus. Your mileage may vary. Best served at cellar temps of 55-60.
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Tasting in Napa during Campovelo cycling; 4/27/2018-4/30/2018 (Napa, CA): Beautiful fennel, clove, and blackberry fruit on the nose. Leaner in style with a vibrant acidity that gives the sense of brightness. Still a bit closed and chewy on the finish but my experience with corison is that these are wines that sing as they age and this is built for the long haul.
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I have been the club member since the 2010 vintage, having tasted a number of earlier vintages as well (e.g., 2004 and 2006). This one is remarkably impressive and already accessible. Lots of blue and red fruit on the palate, with delightful floral notes on the notes. It kept evolving over several hours of decanting, with much fruit complexity and tremendous elegance. Such a beauty!
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Muted nose to start but opens up with time. Vanilla, raspberry and red cherry. Ripe, sweet and broad on the palate. Light tannins. Super long sweet-fruited finish.
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Just a beautiful Napa Cab that's pure and complex with flavors of black cherry and blackberry along with notes of violets and dark spice. Finishes so supple with great freshness and understated elegance. Nothing overdone here so it's perfectly balanced and delicious and while still open now, it demands cellar time to show its best. 94+
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Tasted at the Skurnik Grand Portfolio Tasting in NYC. Poured by Cathy Corison, the wine is a perfect medium to dark garnet color, firm medium+ tannin but not mouth puckering. While still very "tight" in my mind it is superbly balanced and elegant with blackberry, black plum and cassis and lots of hints of mineral notes, spice and cedar and good acidity on the palate. I think this will need plenty of aging and will be superb around its 10th birthday with a decade or two more of life beyond that. "Old school"/"old world" to be sure, but for me that is my favorite style of Cab.
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Started off dead. Bright colour. Classic left bank Cali nose highlighted by slate and gravel. Opened up after 15mins. Spicy and puckering w a short harmless finish. Tight enuf to strip paint off the wall. I believe I’m swallowing my tastebuds.
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This is still fairly primary and in need of a few more years to fully express itself, but the underlying materials are encouraging; Expressive nose has layers of cherries, cassis and a touch of wood, while the palate has concentrated dark fruits interspersed with tobacco and green herbs, maintaining impressive elegance for such a young cabernet; An extended decant is recommended if you drink now; Won't touch my other bottles for several years at least
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has an intense aroma of cassis, violets and cedar. It is so pure, with the most delicious fruit flavours and all sorts of savoury nuance. You get a little mint and sage and a wine that caresses the gums, giving a gentle flex of muscle on the back-end. Great poise, proportion and elegance.
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There’s black cherry, cassis and cedar here. Fruit is obviously primary and the wine has a strong graphite spine. There’s plenty of chew and it is a wine of great potential.
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9/15/2023 - Torchy wrote: 93 Points
September BYO (Ole Johan): Dark red without any transition. Nose with sweet oak, dark fruit, and some toast. The palate has concentrated and prominent dark fruit, with hints of mint and fruit syrup. The wine feels young and alive and probably has many good years ahead of it.
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3/17/2023 - VAGenius Likes this wine: 91 Points
90 minute decant. Nose of dark walnut wood, chocolate and black fig. Cassis and black cherry with minerals, acidity, and loads of stones, iron ore, and graphite. Granite guides the finish of dry black fruit, prominent but narrow tannins, dried basil and a hint of bell pepper. True to the old school Napa style, though I expected a bit more complexity.
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3/12/2023 - Andydna Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very delicious. Not overpowering nor too much oak.
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1/1/2023 - Slics wrote: 90 Points
Perhaps a little muted compared to other vintages. Good but not great.
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12/3/2022 - achasd wrote: 93 Points
Drinking well - classic Corison Cab
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4/27/2022 - dbkitc wrote: 90 Points
(at Zuni Cafe - SF). From 375. Mid-purple color. This strikes me as young and still primary yet cracking open the door to evolution. Juicy cassis, oak wood (versus spice) and a touch of glue. Mid-weight yet coats the palate. A sunny for sure. A bit of tannin on the finish. This should settle out and smooth the edges with another 5+ years but I don’t know if it will ever be complex. Enjoyable and not too alcoholic. Like if don’t love. (90+?)
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4/9/2022 - RYANDOC Likes this wine: 92 Points
Had a line up tasting. Del Dotto 2006 made it to the top.
2014 corrison was a bit muted at first. Didn’t have much of the structure. After 3 hours+ decanting, the nose opened up, dark purple, long finished, long lasting tannins. Lots of black dark fruit profile.
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4/1/2022 - Triforwine Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very early drinking window but so good. Better after 2 hours but so good off the bat so it was hard to wait. Drank with pizza, stuffed mushrooms and then last glass no food. Last bit by far best - I’m savoring it. Beautiful crimson to light purple. Dense but not opulent. Almost no sediment. Just a beautiful aroma of dark red fruit and a bit of oak and violets. Beautiful mouthfeel evolves to a palate of slightly high acidity but a bounty of flavors too many to discern with a mix of fruits that change with every sip and that just seem to last forever (well beyond the effect of the tannins which are fine but not fully resolved). Finish well beyond the 30 second mark. Note to self: WAIT on the rest of these. Wish I had more of this one. Will easily go another 2 decades and likely to have several really awesome phases and be spectacular once the secondary flavors open up more maybe in 5-10 years. I don’t regret opening another one this early though. My wife likes bold cabs and is ok with early window and she loved it too. Outstanding wine 93++
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3/25/2022 - Rieslingfan wrote:
I am really not sure how to fully capture how seamless and delicious this wine is at such an early age. It’s clearly a product of “Sunny St. Helena” and also has a calibrated balance of fruit and structure. Dark plums are merged with warm herbs, as the wine expresses its California fruit married to old world sensibilities. The oak plays a minor supporting role, leaving that benchland fruit to take center stage. Another three to five years will further tame the tannins, but there is no sin in opening a bottle now. Just give it some air (two hours here), and it will sing in the sunshine.
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9/20/2021 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 92 Points
remember (as best I can -- was at my 40th high school reunion!) this being very good wine, and in particular not 'over the top' as I find a lot of the post 2000 Cali cabs to be... I"m guessing its a good QPR at around $90... also kinda remember thinking it would age (ie had the acidity for the long haul)
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3/29/2021 - wgmccallum Likes this wine: 93 Points
Black plum, graphite, lilies, a hint of cloves on the nose. Intense dark fruit on the palate without being jammy, medium bodied, balance of strong tannins and filaments of acid in an appealing aromatic framework. A beautiful exercise in flourish and balance.
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3/21/2021 - Es7e2003 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Light ruby color, almost transparent in the glass. Red cherry, spices and slight oak. On the feminine side of a napa cab. Bright acidity with grippy inoffensive tannins.
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2/28/2021 - domco wrote:
Needs a couple hours of air to really show itself but when it does it’s delicious. Powerful dark fruit balanced out with a nice cut of acidity to keep it smooth and never tiring.
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2/13/2021 - Slaz Likes this wine: 91 Points
Blackcurrant notes are still there, as always, but acidity and backbone are near-to-mid-term at this point. Best consumed over the next few years, unlike most prior vintages.
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1/21/2021 - achasd Likes this wine: 93 Points
This is why I love Cathy Corison. She makes wine with depth and the power to last. the nose is soft and not very expressive but the taste is all cabernet.
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11/22/2020 - Brian I wrote: 92 Points
Really delicious cab. Not as bold as some big Napa cabs but extremely smooth and tasty. Nice rich aroma as well.
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9/3/2020 - Slaz Likes this wine: 93 Points
Blackcurrant notes are delightful and Corison's perennial elegance is there, as always. More approachable than many prior vintages, likely to hit its peak within the next two years. Much joy already, with an hour of decanting.
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7/13/2020 - The wino and I know wrote: 94 Points
First sip showed tannins. But after that it was pure cab elegance. Great lighter red fruits and some spice. 13.5 alcohol so easy drinker and ready to go after Quick decant.
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5/10/2020 - Goofster99 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Spectacular wine. Decanted for about 2 hours. Will only get better with age!! I will have to buy more bottles!!
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5/3/2020 - gkrueger Likes this wine: 93 Points
Had the 1.5 last night after decanting it for 3 hours in my cellar. Simply delicious!
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4/18/2020 - Tocororo wrote: 93 Points
Silk. Delicious
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3/14/2020 - Cuellar's Cellar Likes this wine: 91 Points
This thing is long lasting. Interesting as it changes on your mouth. My only bottle.The wine looks purple colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, raspberry, dust, mineral and walnut. It tastes like cranberry, raspberry and vanilla. The body is medium. The wine has leathery texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity.
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9/25/2019 - magyarsvensk Likes this wine: 95 Points
Generous aromatics. Old furniture, herb garden, berry tarts. After a few hours, violet candy. Shapely and long. Mocha accent. Young but very approachable.
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9/24/2019 - qwerty2 wrote: 91 Points
I wonder if I'll ever see this one again. It was offered on Wine.Woot, back in those heady final days before Woot closed the alcohol selling section for good, and it was very tasty. Ah, well. There's always another.
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9/19/2019 - Jahull03 wrote:
Love these half bottles.
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7/11/2019 - BostonDoug Likes this wine: 95 Points
Perfect balance. PnP. Drinking well now.
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7/8/2019 - LWI wrote: 93 Points
Kommer seg i glasset, svakt krutt, mørke bær strukturert, moderat tannin, fin finish. Tilkneppet stil
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6/23/2019 - acidqueen wrote: 92 Points
A pretty vintage. More red berry and violets and lighter style. So easy to drink this now but a few more years will fill this out nicely.
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6/10/2019 - oldwines Likes this wine: 93 Points
Tasted at the winery. Aged like all the Corison Cabs in 50% new French oak and 50% one-year-old barrels. The 2014 was more approachable than the 2015 by a wide margin and on this day more tasty overall. It is an Opaque garnet-purple color. Nose is more forward with chocolate, herbs, black cherry, dark fruit and cedar. Palate has more ripe plum and black raspberry, stony minerality, and chocolate on the layered medium long finish. Though I did get a slightly vegetal, herbal note on the finish toward the end of the tasting that didn’t seem to “fit as well”. Overall delicious now but more developed than I would have expected.
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5/18/2019 - Jahull03 wrote:
Really enjoyed this - significantly better than last try ~6 months ago.
Nose = first rain on a slate patio. Then the palate is a burst of purple plum fruit with blackberry and a touch of black pepper. These two extremes will integrate over years/decades but I really enjoyed this glass today.
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5/5/2019 - Slaz Likes this wine: 93 Points
Young for sure but still highly impressive and already enjoyable with some decanting. A remarkable combination of elegance and purity of Cab fruit, the way Napa Cabs should be, in my opinion.
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5/4/2019 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
It's awesome that the first bottle of Corison that I ever tasted was actually with the legend herself. As she said, it's still possible to make good wine there -- climate change and temperature increases aren't the end of the story. And this wine is a testament that the old Napa, the one that I love, is still alive and well. Very slight pyrazines on the nose here, along with a modest amount of black fruit and a really nice dusty element. This is obviously young, but there is plush fruit counterweighted by acidity and minerality. Napa cabernet as it ought to be.
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3/18/2019 - Slaz Likes this wine: 93 Points
Delightful and approachable with some decanting. Should evolve further over the next few years.
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11/26/2018 - Vietty Likes this wine:
Elegant style of varietal correct CA cab with bright acidity and nice finish. Not a crowd pleasing style of wine but I thoroughly enjoyed this wine with food.
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11/13/2018 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 91 Points
The 2014 iteration of Cathy Corsison's Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is an opaque ruby, full-bodied wine that somehow has already buffed its edges. Laden with black currant and black cherry fruit, it adds notes of lavender, coriander and licorice, all supported by fresh acidity, nicely integrated oak and silky tannins. When served at the appropriate temperature of 60-65°F, there is no heat from its 13.6% alcohol. Beautifully dense on the mid-palate and medium-to-long on the back end, this is a sleek, precocious Cabernet that will be a delight to enjoy any time over the next decade. Drink now-2029.
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8/9/2018 - qwerty2 wrote: 90 Points
Still a bit young, but excellent, just the same.
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7/15/2018 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:
Double decanted 6 hours prior to serving
deep purple color, dark cherries, cassis, plum and a hint of pepper, on the palate a cool fruit tending toward the blue/purple spectrum, dark cassis notes, tannins reasonably well covered by the velvety mid-palate but still this is a bit young to fully enjoy, good lengthy finish, over the course of two hours in glass this started to show the Rutherford dust character and also began to shut down. (****), 2025-2045.
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6/30/2018 - gtilley wrote:
Warm vintage. House style is in the restrained and elegant style and this shows. 13.6% ABV, apparently achieved by canopy management that shades the grapes. Excellent purity but no way I would pay $86 for what is their entry level cabernet.
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6/23/2018 - chablis28 wrote: 89 Points
Decanted at 4pm, back in the blt at 5pm and started drinking 6:30ish. Semi opaque ruby red color. Youthfully primary with unexpected baby fat and slightly lower acid then usual for this producer. Lots of blackberry right now plus some chocolate, mineral, spice, hint of tobacco & cedar. 13.6% alc but, unusually for Corison it; feels, smells, and taste more like a typical CA 14.5% - 15% cab. Not in the best place right now and may never get there, for me? If forced to score, its at best, 89pts currently. Not sure I'll go back for any more of this vintage. I have pretty high expectations for Corison and anytime I pay $87 for a wine. I loved the 2010 version of this wine which was much more old school than this 2014, at present. OTOH, this 2014 might end up fine in 3 years plus. Your mileage may vary. Best served at cellar temps of 55-60.
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5/5/2018 - KAL47 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Hot! (Plenty of alcohol here). Light cherry flavor. Great pairing for Mexican food. $210 for 1.5 L at winery.
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4/29/2018 - jimyeni Likes this wine: 93 Points
Tasting in Napa during Campovelo cycling; 4/27/2018-4/30/2018 (Napa, CA): Beautiful fennel, clove, and blackberry fruit on the nose. Leaner in style with a vibrant acidity that gives the sense of brightness. Still a bit closed and chewy on the finish but my experience with corison is that these are wines that sing as they age and this is built for the long haul.
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4/22/2018 - Slaz Likes this wine: 94 Points
I have been the club member since the 2010 vintage, having tasted a number of earlier vintages as well (e.g., 2004 and 2006). This one is remarkably impressive and already accessible. Lots of blue and red fruit on the palate, with delightful floral notes on the notes. It kept evolving over several hours of decanting, with much fruit complexity and tremendous elegance. Such a beauty!
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3/29/2018 - DavidWong168 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Muted nose to start but opens up with time. Vanilla, raspberry and red cherry. Ripe, sweet and broad on the palate. Light tannins. Super long sweet-fruited finish.
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3/9/2018 - dream Likes this wine: 94 Points
Just a beautiful Napa Cab that's pure and complex with flavors of black cherry and blackberry along with notes of violets and dark spice. Finishes so supple with great freshness and understated elegance. Nothing overdone here so it's perfectly balanced and delicious and while still open now, it demands cellar time to show its best. 94+
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3/5/2018 - oldwines Likes this wine: 95 Points
Tasted at the Skurnik Grand Portfolio Tasting in NYC. Poured by Cathy Corison, the wine is a perfect medium to dark garnet color, firm medium+ tannin but not mouth puckering. While still very "tight" in my mind it is superbly balanced and elegant with blackberry, black plum and cassis and lots of hints of mineral notes, spice and cedar and good acidity on the palate. I think this will need plenty of aging and will be superb around its 10th birthday with a decade or two more of life beyond that. "Old school"/"old world" to be sure, but for me that is my favorite style of Cab.
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2/26/2018 - Damen wrote:
To DGH
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12/1/2017 - beej Likes this wine:
Started off dead.
Bright colour.
Classic left bank Cali nose highlighted by slate and gravel.
Opened up after 15mins.
Spicy and puckering w a short harmless finish.
Tight enuf to strip paint off the wall.
I believe I’m swallowing my tastebuds.
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11/26/2017 - eluebchow wrote: 92 Points
This is still fairly primary and in need of a few more years to fully express itself, but the underlying materials are encouraging; Expressive nose has layers of cherries, cassis and a touch of wood, while the palate has concentrated dark fruits interspersed with tobacco and green herbs, maintaining impressive elegance for such a young cabernet; An extended decant is recommended if you drink now; Won't touch my other bottles for several years at least
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10/30/2017 - EMichels wrote: 91 Points
Young bright fruit; More powerful than expected
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10/20/2017 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
has an intense aroma of cassis, violets and cedar. It is so pure, with the most delicious fruit flavours and all sorts of savoury nuance. You get a little mint and sage and a wine that caresses the gums, giving a gentle flex of muscle on the back-end. Great poise, proportion and elegance.
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1/20/2017 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
There’s black cherry, cassis and cedar here. Fruit is obviously primary and the wine has a strong graphite spine. There’s plenty of chew and it is a wine of great potential.
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