CHRIS CORLEY WINES | Napa Valley
S54 E11 | A Lifetime in the Making …

2015 | A Ten Year Retrospective
Corley ‘Reserve’ Cabernet Sauvignon

⏳ One of the great pleasures of a life in wine is to revisit vintages past. For Napa Cabernet Sauvignon, I’ve always greatly enjoyed the ten year tasting. Many of the wines I’ve made over the decades are in a wonderful ‘sweet spot’ of aging at ten years. They still have aspects of their youthful dark fruit and robust tannins, yet a softer patina is settling in on the midpalate and finish, the tertiary flavors that only time can develop are beginning to settle in.

🍇 2015 was a terrific vintage … it was a warm, early season following several years of drought. Our harvest was early, with small, concentrated berries resulting in powerful, voluptuous wines. These wines are aging magnificently, and while I consider them in a ‘sweet spot’ right now, they will continue to develop and age gracefully for at least another 10 years.

🍷 RESERVE : I enjoyed this wine from the libary with some friends and colleagues, old and new, this past weekend. It was tasting wonderful from a magnum, what a treat! Magnificent dark black berry, mocha, and hints of vanilla aromas. On the palate, it is richly textured and voluptuous, the tannins resolving beautifully and gracefully.

🎗️2015 was our Dear Ol’ Dad’s final vintage. These wines from 2015 have always been very special to me, as these memorial wines were my winemaking fare thee well to Pop. I’ve enjoyed following their progress, and raise a toast to Dear Ol’ Dad every time we pull a cork!

🎭 ‘Don’t be sad because it’s over. Smile because it happened’ – Dr. Seuss

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