Ryan Vento

9.0

Wine club gathering with dear friends. Two whites and two reds, all tasted blind.

This selection was from a Coravin. Yes, still sweet, but the notes of fig and eucalyptus were agreeable. — 7 years ago

with Krystal

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

I Coravin-ed this bottle awhile ago. I put it back as it wasn’t drinking as I would have hoped. A couple of months later and it’s come around nicely. I been doing short term and longer term tests of Coravin bottles. As much as I love my Coravin, I am a little more skeptical of their research that states their bottles will hold up 9 years after their first Coravin. I believe the Coravin help develop this 04 a little sooner. It’s drinking nicely without food tonight. On the nose; dark currants, expresso, black olive tapenade, cedar, tobacco, sweet soft leather, vanilla, blackberries, dark cherries, black raspberries, baked black plum, plum, an array of blue fruit mix, light cinnamon, clove, medium spice, mocha chocolate, dark chocolate, stones, rich, moist black earth and dark decayed florals & fresh violets. The palate is medium full. The tannins are not quite 50% resolved. After it opens up with a half-hour in the glass, it’s like velvet in the mouth. The structure, tension, length and balance are starting to develop into a very good place. However, there are many, many years of aging to go. The fruits are ruby, ripe; blackberries, dark cherries, black raspberries, baked black plum and strawberries. Expresso, black olive tapenade, cedar, tobacco, sweet soft leather, tobacco, menthol, graphite, anise, vanilla, light cinnamon, clove, medium spice, mocha chocolate, dark chocolate, dry stems, crushed rocks with dry top soil, stones, rich, moist black earth, volcanic minerals, and dark decayed florals. The acidity is very good for what was deemed a ho-hum vintage. The long finish is; rich, ruby, gorgeous and lasts well over two minutes. I am enjoying it a lot tonight but will still wait another 10 years to open another. I believe at that point, it has all the potential to merit an outstanding score. When I tasted this at the UGC in Bordeaux fresh into bottle, I thought it was one of the top three wines of the day. In the right photo, you get a full sense where the wine gets it’s stoney & rich, dark earthiness. — 7 years ago

Ira Schwartz

9.3

During July 2014 a good friend received a Coravin as a gift. Called me over and asked what 6 bottles did I think should be tested. The cynical SOB that I am had my eyes heading straight to this bottle. Needless to say I was surprised when this tested "good". Fast forward to today and I am happy to say my cynicism proved wrong again. A beautiful nose of ocean spray and shells with hints of spearmint like scents. More round than sharp with flavors of sea water and green apples that lingered very long. Got a little fat after 90 minutes. — 8 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.3

2009 vintage, Le Clos from Coravin. Medium ruby hue. On the nose, medium plus intensity of blackberry, sloe, pencil shavings, smoke and savoury spices. Some pyrazines and leafiness. There's some pleasant development - mainly leather and earth. Nice complexity despite its youth. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium body, medium tannin - chewy. Medium alcohol and long savoury, black fruity finish. Delicious. There's a real tang on the mid palate and with air there's more smoke and savoury tones than at first blush. Classic Clos Rougeard. Drink now until 2026+. 93/100 — 9 years ago

Randy

9.1

Smooth & delicious chilled sake. Great value — 9 years ago

Rob Moose

9.0

I feel like I always want this in my fridge. A great coravin companion. Delicious and just the right amount of grip. A drinker! — 10 years ago

Peter Mallon

9.4

2008 tasted via Coravin on 1-10-2015. Perfumed nose, elegant, light bodied Napa Cab. Smooth tannins, matching perfectly with grass-fed Tbone. Will get better with time. Beautiful now. — 10 years ago

Brad Baumgarten

9.7

Thank you coravin! Couldn't afford a bottle like this but got to taste. Outstanding! Black cherry with some smokiness. Great length, very powerful. Best bouquet I've ever experienced. Hope to drink again some day. — 11 years ago

Geoff Kruth

Master Sommelier/Wine Director Farmhouse Inn, Owner Lost & Found Wines

9.8

Opening 3 bottles of this over the course of a month to they the new Coravin. Great wine too!!! — 12 years ago

Diederick Swagemakers

9.3

Thanks @Martijn ! Vanaf de Coravin al heel mooi maar gaat nog vele jaren mee, benieuwd naar ontwikkeling🍷 — 7 years ago

TheSkip

9.3

Post Coravin a week ago. Much better showing. Clearly needs some air. Great job! — 7 years ago

Shawn Clark

9.2

Used Coravin. Everything I love about turley Syrah. Bold Spicy dark fruit — 7 years ago

LM Segal

9.4

Coravin with lowest expectations was the highlight after 1 hr glass decant. Dense, full-bodied, dominated by sweet oak and cedar. Creme de cassis and Asian spice. Far better than expected. - Robbie’s, London — 7 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.2

Preliminary note: Quick coravin to check in on this sample before the weekend. Deep ruby red. On both the palate and the nose with lots of savory elements mixed in with some red berries and a little dark at the end. Some floral notes too like roses. Amazing structure and backbone. So balanced for being so young. Heavy tannins (8/10), full bodied and super long finish. Time will only help this wine and I can easily see up to another two decades from now for this wine. Killer potential and a real surprise! Can drink now with a super long decant which we will do. Drink from 2018 till 2036. 92+

Already starting to open up with some more dark berries on the nose. Also some good spices coming through on the palate. — 8 years ago

Richard Steinberg

9.4

This is one of the best old cabs I have had In a long time. Tried to coravin but cork wasn't up@to snuff Popped it and it was singing. Red cherry and earth. This is the wine that made me fall in love with wine in the 1985 vintage. I should@go back on this list — 9 years ago

with David

Katie Klein

9.0

Yum💕 grapefruit & hoppy — 10 years ago

Edward Zimmerman

9.6

#raveneau remains ravishing 9 months after @coravin w/ @mooseofrob #chablis — 10 years ago

Ryan Mullins

9.8

Month after original coravin access

Charcuterie, lavender, plum skins and blue berry thyme and love. 11's ripeness level makes it accessible early but this wine has a decade in it at least. — 11 years ago

Cameron Vawter

9.6

30 days after coravin. Cooler vintage really nice aromatics. Wine still fresh. — 11 years ago

Jesse Doebereiner

9.1

Not the one but not bad. Definitely drinkable — 12 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.4

I thought long and hard about what I wanted to say about this wine. But...here goes. This has to be one of the worst QPR wines I've ever had, but I'm also taking into account how young this wine is. I have to remember that I'm rating the WINE here, but the price tag and hype just can't help but to get in the way. Drank over 6 days. Poured initially from Coravin and let sit for about an hour. I will tell you that I was excited initially, as the nose of this wine overpowered the grass fed beef burgers that were just cooked about 2 feet away from where the wine was being poured. DENSE blackberry and vanilla rolling out of the glass. The entry of this wine is silky, but also has that gritty Napa youthfulness. POWER. Fruit forward monster, ripe blackberry, graphite, mineral and spice rich middle with cherry blossom and finish with a very deep, dark core of blackberry, black pepper spice. The finish is where chocolate covered blackberries and minty notes come out, but the wine was still rather tannic. Developed a bit more after I uncorked it at the end of the week. I blind tasted my wife on this one who guessed that it was a '13 William Harrison cab (vineyard is only 2 miles away as the crow flies, maybe, although Hall's is elevated 750 feet). That cab is $50. This one still has a **LOT** of integrating to do which I am taking into consideration which is why the other bottle is locked up tight, and this one just might not have been on its A-game. — 7 years ago

Ed Tostanoski

9.3

Coravin sold by the ounce (from 375), how could I resist? Really nice but didn’t totally blow me away like expected though — 7 years ago

TheSkip

9.3

Revisited from a week ago. Love that Coravin!

Today I felt the tannins were better integrated and the fruit slightly more balanced. Continued with a wonderful nose. Winner! — 8 years ago

Eric Egan

9.5

Another level... Still dense at the core, with steady, attractive bricking: Wonderfully dense nose of blackcurrents, pencil shavings, fine tanned leather, and a hint of woodland floor (fine moss, leaves, and fresh soil after an autumn shower). Velvety tannins and great acidity. Along with the '66 this is one of my all-time favourite Bordeaux vintages. Seems to be keeping up better than the '61s I've had over the last few years!

We drank half of it from the coravin before waxing the top in case the cork had lost too much elasticity to self-seal. I'll have the rest with my brother in a few weeks' time! — 9 years ago

Stuart Robinson

9.3

Out of Coravin - sublime. — 9 years ago

Ryan Wofford

9.5

Earthy fruit Jose jumps out, washes the palate with delicately balanced bold cherry flavors. Long finish from med+ acidity. #love #merrychristmas #coravin — 9 years ago

Warren Pattison

9.0

Blackberries and cassis having an orgy. Deep purple coloring. Incredible depth. So many layers. Tannins still integrating but silky smooth. Cedar. Sampled via Coravin. — 10 years ago

with Ray

Rob Moose

10

Holy. Fuck. via Coravin — 11 years ago

Tommy Fogarty

Owner Thomas Fogarty Winery

9.8

Coravin treatment 4 months ago, opened bottle last night with about 1/3 left. Beautiful, lush layered black fruit buried in a forgotten laundry hamper. — 12 years ago

Tatiana Reeder

9.4

Af Mashiko (aka Sushi Whore) in West Seattle — 12 years ago