Of four of these from WineBid, two were essentially past it, & two were lovely mature claret, complex more on the palate than the nose. Even so, the two good ones had more acid in the finish than your ideal St. Emilion. But that's a quibble. Let M. Macron encourage this industry, & the world will line up at his door.
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Fully mature, with a smoky, tobacco, cigar box, floral and cherry nose, with a touch of herbs. The wine is medium bodied, soft, refined and at the perfect stage of development for maximum enjoyment.
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My favorite Corbin of the evening for current drinking. Ripe dark fruits, mellowed soil tones, white and bell pepper, and overall good mature complexity on the nose and palate. A good wine for mid-savory food in its current state.
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Remembering my previous note, this bottle had a similarly inviting profile on the nose but I approached the first taste with no great enthusiasm. This time however, I had plenty of sweet fruit to round out the palate and balance the dusty tannins. This is much more like it.
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Ruby with a clear rim. Nose full of claret. Mouth full of dust. Fruitless and dry. Good collection of savoury notes to provide compensation of a sort. I like secondaries but this really needs some fruit.
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Unmistakably Bordeaux. Close to really good, but a bit too acidic at the back of the mouth. Definitely for sipping, not quaffing. Opened but not decanted for about an hour before pouring. Perhaps more air?
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Attractive nose of berries, black fruit and spice. A medium-bodied wine with a velvety feel and medium finish. Benefits from being decanted - there is a slight alcohol taste when first opened, which disappears with exposure to air. An enjoyable wine for everyday drinking, especially since it costs next to nothing. I like it.
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Thwarted by the Deus of wine. Capricious maiden that she is. Corbin. "Nice wine" I think. "2001, good year" I think. "A bit of age on the wine" I think. "Friday night" I think. What can possibly go wrong?
A tricky cork - crumbling. Decant. Dull wine. Flat. Let it breathe. Quick taste. "Hmmmmmm, a bit dull". Let it breathe for another hour. A bit dull in appearance, a bit of a fuzzy taste.
In the meantime I open up another bottle (Matahiwi pinot noir 2006 - that is dull too). Is it my taste buds tonight? Should I just stick to gin and tonic tonight?
Try an hour later but this wine is not good, but not bad either, just flat and dull. Probably a badly stored bottle - it wasn't corked, just fuzzy and furry like Fozzy Bear wearing a woolly hat. Missed a crisp clearness that you would expect from such a vineyard in such a good year. Shut down? Only Bacchus knows?
Marking the bottle as average, rather than flawed because the wine was not that bad but seemed either locked down or badly stored.
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Deep ruby red with garnet core. Dark cherry, leather and some tobacco on the nose. Med tannin and body with tobacco, raisins, ripe red fruits on the palate but more intensity on nose. drinking ok now but i would keep it
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Lunch at L'Emver du Décor with the wife together with Muriel & Benoit from Bon Pasteur.
Benoit suggested trying the Corbin 01 to compare with the Bon Pasteur 01 we had tasted earlier. There seemed to be parallels in ripeness (overripeness) and concentration.
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More concentrated than the XX but with a similar, fairly green Merlot style, but more concentration and a touch of jamminess. Round gamey palate, some structure. Rather a raw finish, could use just a little time in bottle. Good length and a strong hit of tobacco on the finish.
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6/18/2017 - wine&roses wrote: 89 Points
Of four of these from WineBid, two were essentially past it, & two were lovely mature claret, complex more on the palate than the nose. Even so, the two good ones had more acid in the finish than your ideal St. Emilion. But that's a quibble. Let M. Macron encourage this industry, & the world will line up at his door.
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3/19/2017 - Jeff Leve wrote: 89 Points
Fully mature, with a smoky, tobacco, cigar box, floral and cherry nose, with a touch of herbs. The wine is medium bodied, soft, refined and at the perfect stage of development for maximum enjoyment.
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11/4/2015 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 90 Points
My favorite Corbin of the evening for current drinking. Ripe dark fruits, mellowed soil tones, white and bell pepper, and overall good mature complexity on the nose and palate. A good wine for mid-savory food in its current state.
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3/8/2015 - nsellen wrote:
Remembering my previous note, this bottle had a similarly inviting profile on the nose but I approached the first taste with no great enthusiasm. This time however, I had plenty of sweet fruit to round out the palate and balance the dusty tannins. This is much more like it.
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1/5/2015 - nsellen wrote: 87 Points
Ruby with a clear rim. Nose full of claret. Mouth full of dust. Fruitless and dry. Good collection of savoury notes to provide compensation of a sort. I like secondaries but this really needs some fruit.
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3/23/2011 - grapist wrote: 88 Points
Unmistakably Bordeaux. Close to really good, but a bit too acidic at the back of the mouth. Definitely for sipping, not quaffing. Opened but not decanted for about an hour before pouring. Perhaps more air?
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9/11/2008 - ctc2 wrote: 88 Points
Attractive nose of berries, black fruit and spice. A medium-bodied wine with a velvety feel and medium finish. Benefits from being decanted - there is a slight alcohol taste when first opened, which disappears with exposure to air. An enjoyable wine for everyday drinking, especially since it costs next to nothing. I like it.
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7/11/2008 - pjaines wrote: 79 Points
Thwarted by the Deus of wine. Capricious maiden that she is. Corbin. "Nice wine" I think. "2001, good year" I think. "A bit of age on the wine" I think. "Friday night" I think. What can possibly go wrong?
A tricky cork - crumbling. Decant. Dull wine. Flat. Let it breathe. Quick taste. "Hmmmmmm, a bit dull". Let it breathe for another hour. A bit dull in appearance, a bit of a fuzzy taste.
In the meantime I open up another bottle (Matahiwi pinot noir 2006 - that is dull too). Is it my taste buds tonight? Should I just stick to gin and tonic tonight?
Try an hour later but this wine is not good, but not bad either, just flat and dull. Probably a badly stored bottle - it wasn't corked, just fuzzy and furry like Fozzy Bear wearing a woolly hat. Missed a crisp clearness that you would expect from such a vineyard in such a good year. Shut down? Only Bacchus knows?
Marking the bottle as average, rather than flawed because the wine was not that bad but seemed either locked down or badly stored.
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5/22/2008 - Bornis wrote: 86 Points
Deep ruby red with garnet core. Dark cherry, leather and some tobacco on the nose. Med tannin and body with tobacco, raisins, ripe red fruits on the palate but more intensity on nose. drinking ok now but i would keep it
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5/8/2008 - the drops of god wrote: 89 Points
Drinking so well right now. Bit one demensional, but I like wines like this like Grand destieu, goes down effortlessly.
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8/30/2006 - zerhart wrote: 85 Points
Aroma of black and green pepper with a little strawberry. Smooth, tasting of pepper and fruit. Medium finish.
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7/17/2006 - 128 wrote:
Lunch at L'Emver du Décor with the wife together with Muriel & Benoit from Bon Pasteur.
Benoit suggested trying the Corbin 01 to compare with the Bon Pasteur 01 we had tasted earlier. There seemed to be parallels in ripeness (overripeness) and concentration.
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11/2/2005 - Russell Faulkner wrote:
2001 Claret Tasting (Vintners' Hall, London): Black tea on nose, a little one dimensional, lacks fruit
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11/20/2004 - TGHaddon wrote:
More concentrated than the XX but with a similar, fairly green Merlot style, but more concentration and a touch of jamminess. Round gamey palate, some structure. Rather a raw finish, could use just a little time in bottle. Good length and a strong hit of tobacco on the finish.
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