Author: Chris Corley Wine
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Flying High Again …
CHRIS CORLEY WINES | Napa ValleyS54 E12 | Synesthesia 🤘In the song ‘Flying High Again’, in his incredible 1981 album ‘Diary of a Madman’, Ozzy Osbourne sings ‘swallowing colors from the sounds I hear’ … and I get it. ⏳There are two lifelong constants for me, both of which I embraced at a very young…
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Synesthesia | Listening To The Wine
CHRIS CORLEY WINES | Napa ValleyS54 E12 | Listening To The Wine 🎶 Music has been an important part of my life, both listening and playing. When I was younger, I played bass in a few bands, mostly punk and metal, terrific raw energy. Playing speed metal on a fretless jazz bass created some wild…
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RETROSPECTIVES | Ten Years | Casa Baloyan 2015
CHRIS CORLEY WINES | Napa ValleyS54 E11 | A Lifetime in the MakingInternational Edition | Mexico 🇲🇽Valle de Guadalupe, Baja 2015 | Ten Year Retrospectives CASA BALOYAN | MerlotEstate Grown | Valle de Guadalupe, Baja95 points [2015] ⏳ One of the great pleasures of a life in wine is to revisit vintages past. I’ve always…
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CORLEY | Ten Year Retrospective
CHRIS CORLEY WINES | Napa ValleyS54 E11 | A Lifetime in the Making … 2015 | A Ten Year Retrospective CORLEY | Cabernet SauvignonState Lane Vineyard | Yountville95 points | Decanter Magazine ⏳ One of the great pleasures of a life in wine is to revisit vintages past. For Napa Cabernet Sauvignon, I’ve always greatly…
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2015 | Corley ‘Reserve’ | Cabernet Sauvignon
CHRIS CORLEY WINES | Napa ValleyS54 E11 | A Lifetime in the Making … 2015 | A Ten Year RetrospectiveCorley ‘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…
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Wine and Music Pairings | Library Edition
CHRIS CORLEY WINES | Napa ValleyS54 E10 | Corley ‘Reserve’ 2015A Decade at a Glance [retrospective] Chris Corley | Wine & Music Pairing[Library Edition] 🍷Wine :Corley ‘Reserve’ Cabernet Sauvignon, Vintage 2015, Library Selection[Winemaker Chris Corley] 🎼 Music :They Can’t Take That Away From Me[Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong] ✍️ Wine Notes : Vintage 2015 in Napa…
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Winemaker On The Loose
CHRIS CORLEY CELLARS | Napa ValleyS54 E10 | Winemaker on the Loose! 🍷 We’ll be pouring some of our exciting new Napa Valley wines … small batch, estate grown, current and new releases … alongside our fellow Napa Valley Vintners, at the ‘Worlds of Flavor’ tasting at COPIA on November 5! ‘Worlds of Flavor’World Marketplace…
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Ain’t That a Peach?
CHRIS CORLEY WINES | Napa ValleyS54 E9 | Aint That A Peach? ✍️ When I was a kid, there was a great book, one of many as I always enjoyed reading very much, called James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl. 🍑 It was a fantastic book, about a young boy named James, an…
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Mountain Fruit on the Valley Floor
CHRIS CORLEY WINES | Napa ValleyS54 E9 | Mountain Fruit on Valley FloorState Lane Vineyard, Yountville ✍️ In a recent post, I referred to our State Lane Vineyard as ‘mountain fruit on the valley floor’ which prompted some great conversation offline. 🫐 The individual grapes are much smaller at the State Lane Vineyard in Yountville…
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State Lane Vineyard
CHRIS CORLEY WINES | Napa ValleyS54 E9 | State Lane Vineyard, Est 1985 Yountville, Napa Valley ⏳Our dad purchased 15 acres of the historic State Lane Vineyard in Yountville more than 40 years ago. 🛠️ The State Lane Vineyard has been a foundational component of many of the Reserve, and Estate Cabernet Sauvignons I have…
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