Matthew Cohen

9.3

Needs about 90 minutes to open up.

Nose is very dense slate

Palate is fantastic. Dense slate. Some finely crushed rocks. Some yellow apple. Delicious.

Bought from fass selections — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.6

Nose is pink grapefruit and minerals. As this opens it is ethereal. Wow. Unique elegant perfume.

Liquid grapefruit soda with rocky minerals

Some Campari on the finish. Powdered Rocks made of petrified grapefruit.

Truly perfect. I need to just buy a case of every muellen wine. I always drink them all down.

Bought from fass selections — 6 years ago

K L

9.0

Drinking really nice! Sad to see the last bottle go especially knowing this was a one year vintage. Would get again if available. — 6 years ago

with Matt

Bret Bell

9.5

I really enjoyed it. It has notes of coffee & oak. — 7 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

I love this wine. Powerful fruit. Just crunchy minerality. Just exultant citrus on the finish. So delicious. Bought from Fass selections. ... as this opens it becomes more geeky. This insane mutherf&$!$& minerality. Just granitic. Wow. I hope I have more of this. Should age well. — 8 years ago

with Lyle

Dan Weisshaar

9.1

Superb fruit, tangy citrus juice, hint of honey orange flower, still spare and balanced with full acidity. So nice. Ty, Fass Selections. — 8 years ago

with Lyle and Matthew

Joe Estrada

8.9

A perfect wine with a pizza!!! — 9 years ago

with Sue

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Winemaker Joseph J. Wagner is a 4th generation winemaker from a family with farming and winemaking roots in the Napa Valley since 1906. Deep Ruby (darkest Pinot almost looks like a Cab) with aromas of ripe berries and spice notes. The palate shows rich black fruits, blackberries, plums and black cherries, vanilla spice, cedar and cacao. Rich soft tannins, firm acidity on lingering finish ending with mineral tones. Nice! — 9 years ago

B Williams

9.3

Excellent wine. Had with spaghetti. Inexpensive and will buy more. — 10 years ago

Pam

9.2

Love this Zinfandel. Spicey berry and medium bodied. Not too fruity like a lot of Zinfandel. Getting more! — 12 years ago

Katherine Clark

9.5

Double smiley face. Awesome wine — 13 years ago

Cathy Gilbert

9.1

Love this one from@Edna Valley — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Wow. The nose on this is beautiful. White flowers. Perfume. Intense but elegant. A 9.7 nose. Crushed seashell.

Palate is elegant tropical fruit. A bit hot at first but it blows off. Good deliciousness but not in your face.

Major crush on this producer. Such elegant wines. This vintage reminds me a bit of Rhône legend Marc Sorrel.

Bought from fass selections. — 6 years ago

LM Segal

9.2

Decidedly animale, focused and powerful Pinot Noir. Wish I bought more. — 6 years ago

Tobin Trevarthen

9.3

A stunner. Opened with that rustic cab smell. Not sure what lies beneath that initial nose. And then just pure explosive goodness in the glass. Black fruit, swirling with brown fruit in every sip. Lingering finish made for a wonderful moment or two. — 7 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Needs an hour to integrate. Then is majesty. Nose of a tropical fruit basket. Palate is mineral and the essence of tropical fruit - guava papaya. But not overwhelming as it lives with the minerality. Brightly acidic. Moderate pleasant richness. An iconic northern Rhône white. Bought from Fass selections. — 8 years ago

with Lyle

Brad Henn

9.5

was a saver but so enjoyable. complex fruit with smooth tannins, hints of spice, balanced, slight vanilla. oh so good. — 8 years ago

with Alicia

Nicholas Lauf

9.4

Very black wine. One of the darkest I've seen. Very complex wine. Dark black currant, blackberries, strawberries, cherries, very bold cocoa/chocolate. Smells extremely hot, spicy, red fruit. Medium long finish and medium plus acid. The longer it's in the glass, the more flavors that come out. Really blown away. — 9 years ago

with Alyssa

Severn G

9.2

Blind Dinner, Franco-American Winemaker Theme; 17 Nov 2016 at Prairie Whale, Great Barrington, MA — 9 years ago

Andrew Davidoff

9.4

This one was a bit closed off at first but after an hour of air - the craftsmanship of the winemaker became very evident. Softer and silkier than the last time we opened one several years ago. This seems about as good as the 97 is going to get. Drink now. — 10 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.7

A wine that I brought tonight and felt strongly about. Incredible pedigree, winemaker is from Araujo which is insane great! Beautiful 12 but I committed infanticide., should laid it down another few years but it did open up like a million bucks after a few hours. Truly opulent Napa wine which is well structured and loved by all tonight. A new rockstar on the block vs the the old rock stars that were drinking in full stride tonight. It's was awesome tonight but I can't wait for it to evolve a little and become STELLAR in the future. I highly recommend this wine. The preliminary rating is 96 to 98 and the 13 is even better if you can imagine that! — 10 years ago

with Christine, Kirk and 1 other

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Nose has that elite blasting pfalz minerality. Some lemon flower perfume. Lovely.

Plate is more gods lemon soda. Good minerality. Delicious.

Bought from fass selections. — 6 years ago

PS Michaels

9.2

Great QPR. Fass Selections discovery — 6 years ago

Mark Mannebach

9.0

Smooth and balanced. Lack berry with some spice — 6 years ago

Peter Colarulli

9.0

From Pearson’s. Nice value. — 7 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Awesome. This has gained complexity with age. Mineral. Create fruit. Terrific balance. Bought from Fass Selections. — 8 years ago

with Lyle

gypsy vigil

9.0

Lovely evening with very lovely dinner guests...this guy the second of two different bottles enjoyed this evening. Right out of the gate showed strong dark fruit especially plum to the nose...on the palate strong blueberry, plums slight pepper a bit a leather. Med plus finish and very delicious. — 8 years ago

Somm 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. — 9 years ago

Phil

9.0

Takes me home to when I was a lad drinking Greg Norman. — 10 years ago

Mike Lundberg

9.3

2011 vintage. — 12 years ago