Corison Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2020

St Helena, Napa Valley, California 

Decanter 96 points! Wine & Spirits 94 points, Wine Spectator 93, Wine Advocate 91, James Suckling 92, Jeb Dunnuck 91

The result of a nearly perfect, long and cool ripening season (and oblivious to the Covid chaos swirling around it), the 2020 was picked and in the barn fully two and a half weeks before the Glass Fire broke out. Industrial-grade air filters kept smoke out of the winery as the wines went down to barrels. Corison is so grateful, and relieved, to present the lovely 2020. This wine is wildly complex with tart cherry, blueberry, red and black currants, raspberry, plum and boysenberry fruit, fleshed out with notes of baking spices and peppermint. The tannins are characteristically polite yet grippy. Mineral notes add lift and the evolving violet perfume is so pretty.~ Cathy Corison 

“Medium to full-bodied, beautiful and restrained, with savoury aromatics of fennel, black liquorice, cedar, and black currants. Soft, satiny blackberry fruits are lifted by fine-grained yet supple tannins while a purity of fruit guides the palate to a long, tobacco-tinged finish marked by a mineral-freshness that beckons sip after sip—100% Cabernet aged 18 months in 50% new French oak barrels.”—Decanter, 96 points!

Enjoy Corison Cabernet Sauvignon over the next 15-20 years with filet mignon, beef brisket, rich vegetarian dishes and aged cheeses.