February 14, 2013 – Wine: 2006 Corison Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

This wine was one of my first wine club shipments from Corison.  When it was released, I tasted it and decided that the vintage characteristics were sufficiently buried beneath the fruit and structure that made this wine so good, so I bought a few extra bottles.  Last April this wine was in an awkward stage of development.  Something happened in the ensuing six months to correct this, as this wine is again in great balance.  Unlike most Corison wines, this has come on nearly full-throttle with rich, pure fruits of red and black currants, black cherry, leather, and minerals.  The nose is also quite pronounced.  While far from its peak, this wine is in a good place right now and there is only a trace of the 2006 vintage characteristics that my palette is sensitive to.


2006 Corison Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon