Coravin

Seña

Aconcagua Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2007

Final two glasses after drinking with Coravin over 1 month.
Fantastic nose with black berries, cedar, tar and warm custard.
Some depot now in the glass.....
— 6 years ago

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Kongsgaard

Napa Valley Chardonnay 2013

I’ve been savoring this bottle over several months using my Coravin. Sadly, finally finished it off. Just love tasting this golden beauty open up in the glass. Can’t wait to start on another bottle! — 6 years ago

Kutch Wines

Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2014

Great wine, good balance. Red fruits, hint of smoke and earth. Long finish. Out of coravin. 91 on first taste and 93 last taste. With more time maybe even better. — 7 years ago

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Caymus Vineyards

40th Anniversary Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

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

Krystal Vento
with Krystal
Krystal, Shay and 6 others liked this

Quivet Cellars

Hulda Block Las Madres Vineyard Syrah 2015

Post Coravin a week ago. Much better showing. Clearly needs some air. Great job! — 8 years ago

Neal, Jason and 24 others liked this
Mike Smith

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Glad it turned a corner for you. Most of my young wines need serious air time.
TheSkip

TheSkip

Thanks @Mike Smith ! Yes, I've noticed. I feel like Myriad needs a touch less? I had a 2014 syrah the other week an it showed extremely well fresh from the bottle.
TheSkip

TheSkip

@Mike R you buying next week? I thought release was Tuesday but it's next week

Château d'Yquem

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 1999

Coravin sold by the ounce (from 375), how could I resist? Really nice but didn’t totally blow me away like expected though — 8 years ago

Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1993

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 — 8 years ago

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Bret Barker

Bret Barker

Huge fan of leoville Barton. They may not make a 100 rated wine but consistently solid. They last forever and well priced.

The Ojai Vineyard

Melville Vineyards Syrah 2009

A bit of funk that didn't have time to blow off before I drank it. But in 10-15 minutes I got some nice bacon fat. From Coravin. — 8 years ago

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Dunn Vineyards

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Been working on this bottle over the last couple of months via Coravin and finishing it off tonight. The most opulent, ripe, and jammy Dunn I’ve ever had. Very different from other vintages. — 6 years ago

Paul, Ryan and 19 others liked this
Ron R

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I don’t use Coravin, @Eric Shanks. There’s a long coat tail to consider with the product. I can also taste the gas 🙂

Château Mouton Rothschild

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

What a treat! Thanks to the Coravin system, this exquisite Mouton Rothschild was available by the glass! — 7 years ago

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Ryan Vento

Ryan Vento

How much per glass?
George Hesse

George Hesse

$400 and it was a heavy pour👍🏻. It was $2,000 for the bottle.

Tenuta San Guido

Bolgheri Sassicaia Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 2010

A treat from my favorite waiter and off of coravin. Heavy scents of cherry that would s evolving to include vanilla and eucalyptus. Dried fig, leather and spice. The tannins have mellowed and is pretty lush. Just really starting to open up, but shows great promise! Can’t wait to try the 2008 in my cellar! — 7 years ago

P, John and 27 others liked this

Dominio de Eguren

Teso La Monja Alabaster Toro Tinto de Toro 2011

Thanks @Martijn ! Vanaf de Coravin al heel mooi maar gaat nog vele jaren mee, benieuwd naar ontwikkeling🍷 — 8 years ago

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Château Pontet-Canet

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2004

Somm David T
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. — 8 years ago

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Somm David T

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@TheSkip I see what your trying to say. For me, the more important thing is to clear off cork debris and any residual wine from the immediate use. You don’t want live or old bacteria transferred from bottle/cork to bottle/cork. In terms of air, I think it’s minimal and insignificant. The air issue for me is if the cork isn’t completely snapping back after needle removal. Then, it going to see mineral air over time thus increasing the aging cycle. The longer the bottle hold after Coravining, the larger the issue.
TheSkip

TheSkip

Fair enough!!! I see what both of you are saying. For me, it’s more of a hold for a couple of months device, no more. I’m excited to see eto once it finally arrives.
Jason and Jennie

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@David T @TheSkip totally get what you guys are saying. I also try to drink up within a couple months. We coravin mostly for blind tasting flights and then try to drink the coravin pile before anything else. It's one of the best purchases I've ever made. Really fun and educational.

Château Lafon-Rochet

Saint-Estèphe Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2008

so, this was rated on a curve. stored in a fridge in another city. fridge died in summer and it was weeks before i found it. it was baked. and then it was weirdly ok. just used it to explain to @captain henrik how get wine out of a bottle with a coravin (merry xmas, cap'n!) expecting it to be destroyed. lo and behold. second wine from that lot which wasn't ruined. the OTHER, miraculously, was the bernaudeau "sans souffre" which I'll never understand why it was ok. maybe there are wine elves sticking ice in the dead fridge until I found it.... god jul!! — 9 years ago

Marc, Christian and 6 others liked this

Produttori del Barbaresco

Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2014

Via Coravin. Light garnet in color. Lighter in body. Heavy essence of strawberry on the nose. Anise, cola and black raspberry mid-palate. Med firm in tannins and a nice compliment to the Nuits St. George we had earlier in the evening. — 6 years ago

Chad Anderson
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Severn, Arden and 25 others liked this
Severn G

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A very nice wine service program!
Kimberly Anderson

Kimberly Anderson

@Severn Goodwin Ridiculous! And the food was better!

Marchesi Antinori

Guado al Tasso Bolgheri Superiore Red Bordeaux Blend 2007

2007 vintage on 26.12.18
With the Coravin. Poored 5 hours before dinner. Nice purple red color. Cinnamon nose. Loads of fruit, hints of tar and rosemary. Well balanced in the mouth. Paired very well with the vennison and red wine port sauce. It “competed” against the Chadwick 2007.
— 7 years ago

Peter, Diederick and 5 others liked this

La Rioja Alta

Gran Reserva 904 Rioja Tempranillo Graciano 2005

What a gem. Sweet integrated tannins, with stewed fruits and coconut. Button mushrooms on the finish. In a really nice place right now. Better than I remembered :) out of Coravin — 7 years ago

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Brandyn Pryce

Brandyn Pryce

Oh my! That's JUST what I was looking for.
Guy Fiore

Guy Fiore

One of my top 5 favorites

Hall Wines

Kathryn Hall Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

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. — 8 years ago

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Shay A

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In agreement with you and both @Paul Treadway Huntington Beacher and @Eric Shanks . I enjoy Hall wines, but not at their prices. Their sweet spot seems to be about $75.
Mark Flesher

Mark Flesher

The cheap stuff seems to be easier to acquire as well (I think I had to throw a few elbows to get these bottles, and now I just feel dirty!). I am pretty Hall-ignorant. Definitely not a bad wine but wishing I had the extra $300 QPR difference to do some more damage!
Paul T HB

Paul T HB

I signed up with their club last year, so I’ve had all of their wines, none of them are worth the QPR, the top ones are great, but you can get a 100 💯 point Maybach for half the price of their 100 pointer Rainin & other top tier wine which I cannot remember at this time🤔,

Matthiasson

Napa Valley Red Blend 2009

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

Jason, Shawn and 25 others liked this
leon egozi

leon egozi

Agree coravin is the best
Eric

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The producer is outstanding @Jason Oliver
Jason and Jennie

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@Eric S cool. I know winemaker Steven mirassou from my hometown really likes his stuff

Château Climens

Barsac 1er Cru Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend

Climens 2009 powered by Coravin. The best way to discover an great bottle Sauternes is by using Coravin. What a great wine and what a promise for the next decades. Love it! — 8 years ago

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