Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Jaun cortina comida ceach — a year ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Juan cortina sulaiman perera — 2 years ago

Adam Gäfvert

9.1

This is a classically styled California Zin made from centurion old vines. Blackberry, fruit preserves, baking spice, sun dried tomatoes, kirsch, balsamic. Despite that dark and deep tones it is fairly balanced and more polished than its peers. Seghesio is a great producer and this is their flagship wine but if I had to choose I’d recommend their Cortina vineyard over this. — 3 years ago

Daniel Bloom

8.9

N:A Funk monster that subsides w air, Deep Sangiovese charachter plus earth,
namely tilled soil, underbrush.
P: Midweight w chewy tannins and plenty of acid. Shines w a light rabbit ragú. — 5 years ago

Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7

9.4

Tried the 2018 Cabernet yesterday, nice on opening but closed down quite quickly. But I popped it off the truck so thats to be expected. I’ll rate the 2nd bottle after a long hold.
This one is a different story at only $20.00 more. Great for having only a 1 day hold,
Winery notes,

Keeping with the theme of expansion, we added another block of older vines from Larkmead in 2018. Neighboring our original block of Olmo clone is a tiny block of Jenkins clone Cabernet resting in the same Cortina soil. We have always loved this clone of Cabernet having worked with it at Outpost’s True Vineyard and Gemstone Estate. There’s nothing else quite like it in the world of Cabernet. It manages to be both exotic and wildly singular while still coming across as very complete. It has proven to be a very nice complement to what we’ve been working with from Larkmead since 2012. The color here is a bit darker than normal with mostly fruit tones first present on the nose. That familiar muscular walnut husk, roasted nut quality of Larkmead pokes through quickly though placing this wine stylistically in more of a classic era of California wine. Where in the past this wine could be considered the “lightest” of the lineup, the 2018 shows the power of the vintage and a marked improvement from the addition of the new block. The fruit is still purple leaning and the ethereal notes of the past still pop out on palate entry but a weightier middle kicks in almost immediately with notes of sage, graphite, cassis, lavender and a brambly spice note. The tannin starts earlier too adding texture and a dusty, baker’s chocolate note. In the past, I felt this bottling would always need a few years in the cellar to present a complete palate expression. Not so here with the addition of our little Jenkins block. All these additional blending options from all these great sites prove in 2018 that sometimes more is more. — 6 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.8

Jaun cortina comida ceach — a year ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.4

Juan cortina sulaiman perera — 2 years ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.1

Delicious #cabfranc #cabernetfranc from #toscana hand harvested. Delicate, less Mediterranean than I expected and actually more like a Loire style. — 4 years ago

Jiga Hitorn

9.0

Knockout rosato @ Passione — 5 years ago

Keith M

9.1

セパージュは、サンジョベーゼ、CS、CF。
一口飲んだら、パシッとしたミネラルとザクロ、小さくて赤い軽やかなベリーの果実味。
自然派ながら、還元や揮発もない綺麗で冷涼感のある旨味は、イルグエルチォを思い起こす。
牡蠣にもあうし、ワカメポン酢にも合うし、守備範囲広そう。 — 5 years ago

Al Shikoh

9.3

opaque purple; blackberries, mint, tobacco leaf, violets, graphite; dark fruit, anise, slight herbaceousness, crushed gravel reminiscent of an Old World wine; 100% Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from older vines, planted in Cortina Gravel, aged 17 months in 58% new French oak; the black label pays homage to Dr. Harold P. Olmo a UC Davis professor who conducted clonal trials on Larkmead's property in the 1940's and 50's; 14.7% ABV; $185 — 6 years ago

Liz Howng

9.4

Delicious - rose petals, raspberries, light and refreshing with just a hint of sweet — 8 years ago

Steph

9.2

Caramel odor. Profound on the first taste, then a surprising freshness, pétillant, unexpected — 8 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.4

Juan cortina sulaiman perera — 2 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.4

Juan cortina jorge santos cna — 2 years ago

Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7

9.5

Could be better than the 16, too early to tell. Off the truck drinking again. Trying to find it is the difficult part.
Winery notes,

This wine, full of character, comes from selected individual vineyards in the location Giatl, stocked with vines grafted to slow growing rootstock and trained on wire trellises (Guyot). This extraordinary Pinot Grigio flourishes under outstanding climatic conditions on a stony, sandy and extremely chalky soil in the valley floor around the center of Cortina s.s.d.v. The favourable location of the vineyards, ideal sunshine, and the good ventilation of the berries assures the excellent quality of the grapes of this varietal, that is also a representative of the Burgundy family.
Yield per hectare: 45 hl.
Vinification: The grapes are pressed and the stems are removed in the pneumatic tank press. Before being pressed, a short cold maceration takes place in order to enhance the fruitiness of the wine. Afterwards, the grapes are gently pressed and clarified through the natural settling of sediments. The alcoholic fermentation takes place in small casks of French oak in which this particular wine acquires complexity through its twelvemonth aging and ripening on the yeast. After bottling, several further months of aging takes place for completion before this unique white wine, furnished with its ultramodern bottle, goes on sale.
— 5 years ago

Lorena Jordao

9.1

Excellent @ Brigante, 13% — 5 years ago

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.3

Beautiful surprise @enoteca cortina — 6 years ago

Kip Dellinger

9.6

Love this wine! Value for the money is outstanding. — 7 years ago

Bob Budiongan

9.0

Fantastic with my tomahawk steak @ Cafe Cortina. — 8 years ago