Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Pale lemon with aromas of stone and tropical fruits. Made from 40-year old vines, aged in 100% stainless steel. On the palate flavors of bright lemon citrus with crisp apple and peach notes. This medium-body wine has crisp acidity, good balance and nice mouthfeel, smooth long finish ending with creamy mineral texture. Very Nice! — 3 years ago

Abbe Walker

9.2

Favorite of the night — 5 years ago

Howard Greenfield

9.5

Thanks @Martin G Rivard . This was delicious!! — 6 years ago

Mike Conti

9.7

Big cab... very nice with a ton of potential to keep getting better. 11 being a “down” vintage is overplayed. — 7 years ago

Robert Munroe

8.9

Way better than expected! Delicious! — 7 years ago

Eric

9.5

Such a solid hook up @Martin G Rivard. Vanilla and citrus have developed on the nose as time has passed. Fruit perseveres, tannins have settled. So good! — 7 years ago

Nori Ohata

9.0

Bought at traders joe — 8 years ago

John Bradbury

9.9

Exceptional — 8 years ago

Brent S

8.9

An old friend I haven't visited in a while. The best way I can describe this is: a very well made fruit bomb. Overly sweet and ripe, but otherwise excellent. — 9 years ago

Robert Cunningham

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

9.3

Well made nicely balanced wine. — 10 years ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

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

9.2

Sometimes you gotta say What the F@€k #garnacha #grenache #sierradegredos #gredos #madrid #spain — 3 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.1

Really nice white. (50/50 Sauv Blanc and Semillon). Yellow apple, lemon zest and peach. Minerals and chalk on the creamy finish. Vibrant and fresh. — 5 years ago

with John and Tom

Vincy

9.5

One of the best vintages, inky fruits, plum, scents of floral, concentrated aroma, adorable and sweet smiling. A little flabby for me made it not a perfect night.
2018/6/21 — 6 years ago

Sean Grullon

9.5

Okay - fine. It’s a good, probably great wine. Overpriced? Yes. Opus is filled with pretentious douchbags? Double yes. But this is a well-made wine bridging a gap between Napa and Boudreaux. Dusty nose with menthol, earl grey tea, tobacco, flowers, cassis, and creamy dark fruits. It has a really nice velvety finish. — 6 years ago

Noah Hyte

8.9

Vanilla pear and minerals — 7 years ago

Rebecka Ponton

9.1

The perfect Pinot Noir, we are drinking the 2011 and it's fantastic. 1760.00 pesos which equals 95 dollars at La Casa Del Agua in Playa del Carmen. — 7 years ago

Krupal bhatt

9.5

Great champagne made better given that someone else was paying. — 8 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.2

27 February 2016. #bigglounyc, Wythe Hotel, Brooklyn, NY. — 8 years ago

Katie Klein

10

Absolutely love this blend ❤️🍷#birthdaywine — 9 years ago

Nate Lindsay-Norrish

8.9

Bold and beautiful — 9 years ago

L Bennion

9.6

Made from grapes in Napa. All silver oak does is cab. — 10 years ago

Phil Hatch

9.2

Another great fondue wine — 3 years ago

Paul Woolls

9.5

Aliens made this wine. — 5 years ago

with George, Kirk and 3 others

Joe Weinberger

9.0

Best bottle I’ve had of this wine yet. Really fresh and juicy. — 5 years ago

Jason Schick

9.5

Paired this with a filet made at home. Very smooth. Not as big or fruity a taste as I expected. More understated. — 6 years ago

Robert Shannon

9.2

Smooth as silk; yet, great structure & elegant finish paired with spinach, shrimp & scallop lasagna in Delta One on way to Amsterdam — 7 years ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

On the nose, stewed fruits of; black plum, blackberries, dark cherries, plum and blueberries. Mocha, chocolate, mixed berry cola, sweet spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, caramel, loamy mineral soils and dry dark florals. The mouthfeel is less concentrated than other vintages of Corison but that's indicative of the 10 Napa vintage generally. The tannins are nicely resolved with another 5-8 years before they are completely resolve. The fruits are; dark cherries, black plum, plum, black raspberries, blackberries with strawberries that dance around the rest of the fruit. There's nice barrel toast, vanilla, nutmeg, light clove, cinnamon, touch of wood shavings, liqueur notes, caramel, mocha chocolate, mix berry cola, loamy soils, dry crushed rocks, bramble, dry stems with nice soft round acidity. The finish is a little lean but tasty. Good balance of fruit and earth with long, rich elegance. Cathy slightly overachieved the 10 vintage as a whole. Photos of; her estate building, Cathy in her vineyard, grapes coming in at night (better to harvest when the fruit is cooler) and her estate vineyard in all it's glory. Producer notes and history...Cathy Corison grew up in Riverside, California. She studied biology at Pomona College and was on their men's diving team, because the school didn't have a women's team. In 1972, she had to take an extracurricular class. She signed up for a trampoline class, but changed her mind upon seeing a sign-up sheet for a wine tasting class. This class was the catalyst that sparked her interest in winemaking. After graduation in 1975, she moved to Napa Valley in California. She received her Master's degree in Enology from University of California, Davis. Upon moving to Napa, she started working in the tasting room at Sterling Vineyards and at a wine shop. During this time, she was getting her Master's degree at the University of California, Davis. She was told by her professor that she would not get a job in Napa Valley because of being a woman. However, if she wasn't the first Napa Valley female Winemaker, she was certainly one of the first. She tried to get a job at Freemark Abbey and was denied because they believed she could not work in the cellar. She almost took a job at Christian Brothers in the enology lab. However, she decided not to take the job and in 1978 she became an intern at Freemark Abbey and eventually became their Winemaker. She joined Chappellet in 1983 and was their Winemaker for nearly ten years. She founded Corison Winery, in 1987. The winery is located in St. Helena, California in a barn built by her husband, William Martin. Corison makes Cabernet and Gewürztraminer. They produce about 3,500 cases a year depending on the vintage. The winery makes a Kronos Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon and as well as a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. The Kronos is an estate wine that is made from organic grapes. The vineyard is dry farmed. The grapes come from one of the oldest vineyards in Napa Valley. The Napa Valley Cabernet comes from Rutherford. The Gewürztraminer is called Corazón and comes from the Anderson Valley. — 7 years ago

lessrof

8.9

Well made but not my cup of tea.. — 9 years ago

Peter Giles

9.2

Beautifully made by nuns. More fruit in the 11 vintage than the '10. Apple pie, citrus and honey. Love this wine. — 10 years ago

Monroe Bryant

8.9

Kind of meh on this one. A natural wine sameness to it. — 10 years ago