Corley Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Red

Uva

Cabernet Sauvignon

País

United States

Região

Napa Valley · Napa

Denominação

Napa Valley

Corpo

full

Acidez

medium

Tanino

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201187 pts

  From a notoriously tough vintage for the region, this wine shows gravel, turned earth, black olive, char and a bit of blackberry ripeness. It's lean on the palate, with flavors of tobacco, rustic elderberry and charred meats, exhibiting tannins that still need some chilling out.

• 200681 pts

  This smells and tastes baked, with an overripe raisin flavor. It will not improve with further aging.

• 200589 pts

  Young and unintegrated, this Cab is nowhere near ready to drink. The sweet oak sticks out, overpowering the ripe blackberry, currant and herb flavors. Needs time. Give it until after 2009, at the earliest.

• 200493 pts

  Corley builds its reserve Cab for the long haul. The wine is too tannic to enjoy now, numbing the palate with dry astringency. But there's great depth here, to judge by the wealth of black currant flavor that's accented by rich new oak. Cellar this puppy until at least 2008, and…