I had my own wine club pickup at Corison, which was my main motivation for my trip to Napa Valley today. Every March, the wine club offers a library selection to wine club members. This March, the selection was a magnum of the 2003 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. I casually mentioned that my favorite vintage was the 2002, and they happily changed the bottle for a 2002 (which was selling for the same price), after some minimal bookkeeping. The magnum was delivered in a winery-branded wooden case, so this bottle will have a special place in everyone’s cellar (especially mine). Now I have to plan a large dinner to enjoy this big bottle.
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| One of the tidy tanks in the Corison Winery operations room |
As this was my fifth winery of the day, and the first stop was more than generous with their wines, I decided to limit myself to just two wines at Corison. I first tasted the 2010 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, which seems to have opened up a little since I tasted it last fall. Then I tasted the 2010 Kronos Cabernet Sauvignon, which will be shipped to me in June. I am looking forward to picking up these bottles of Kronos Cabernet. For those who are interested, Corison also bottles a few wines under second labels called Corazon (a dry Gewuztraminer) and Helios (a delicious Cabernet Franc and Syrah), which are available to taste most days.
A full review was written already about Corison Winery during my visit on April 6th, 2012.
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