2004 Corison Cabernet Sauvignon Kronos Vineyard
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Everything occurred early in 2004 thanks to warm temperatures in spring and heat spikes in summer, with warm temperatures all the way through harvest. Generally crops were slightly smaller than normal in the region. Ruby-black core rolling gradually to very lightly bricked ruby at the edges. Star bright in glass. Richer mushroom reduction and gunpowder aromatics than its neighbouring vintages. Palate-filling presence and flavour with notes of gunpowder and earth really filling the palate. Floral accents of dried lavender lift from a deep, more brooding core of dark fruits and mixed mushroom reduction. This wine is quite young still and has plenty of time left to evolve in the bottle. It is also a bit less finessed than the best of the vintages – there is more of a focus on up-front flavour here with a very slightly less robust structure. That said, the 2004 is delicious and a pleasure to drink. Will benefit from food. Opens with air to reveal notes of mixed cherries and hints of dark chocolate. (ECB)
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Jancis Robinson MW
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(13.8% alcohol): Full medium ruby. Primary, high-pitched aromas of blackberry, violet, licorice and cocoa powder are complicated by wilder suggestions of truffle and tobacco. Densely packed but at the same time sharply delineated, boasting terrific mid-palate energy but little in the way of easy sweetness. Finishes with fine, firm tannns and lovely lingering dark fruit flavors. No more backward than the "regular" 2004 bottling but perhaps a touch riper.
(13.8% alcohol): Full medium ruby. Primary, high-pitched aramas of blackberry, violet, licorice and cocoa powder are complicated by wilder suggestions of truffle and tobacco. Densely packed but at the same time sharply delineated, boasting terrific mid-palate energy but little in the way of easy sweetness. Finishes with fine, firm tannns and lovely lingering dark fruit flavors. No more backward than the "regular" 2004 bottling but perhaps a touch riper.
About the producer
Cathy Corison is one of Napa’s leading lights – a matriarch of the region who crafts defiantly elegant Cabernet Sauvignon from her old vines on the benchland between Rutherford and St Helena. These refined, long-ageing wines are some of Napa’s most impressive.