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Flying High Again …
CHRIS CORLEY WINES | Napa ValleyS54 E12 | Synesthesia π€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’ β¦ and I get it. β³There 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 πΆ 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 π²π½Valle de Guadalupe, Baja 2015 | Ten Year Retrospectives CASA BALOYAN | MerlotEstate Grown | Valle de Guadalupe, Baja95 points [2015] β³ 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 β¦ 2015 | A Ten Year Retrospective CORLEY | Cabernet SauvignonState Lane Vineyard | Yountville95 points | Decanter Magazine β³ 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 β¦ 2015 | A Ten Year RetrospectiveCorley ‘Reserve’ Cabernet Sauvignon β³ 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] π·Wine :Corley ‘Reserve’ Cabernet Sauvignon, Vintage 2015, Library Selection[Winemaker Chris Corley] πΌ Music :They Can’t Take That Away From Me[Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong] βοΈ Wine Notes : Vintage 2015 in Napa…
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Winemaker On The Loose
CHRIS CORLEY CELLARS | Napa ValleyS54 E10 | Winemaker on the Loose! π· We’ll be pouring some of our exciting new Napa Valley wines β¦ small batch, estate grown, current and new releases β¦ 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? βοΈ 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. π 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 βοΈ In a recent post, I referred to our State Lane Vineyard as ‘mountain fruit on the valley floor’ which prompted some great conversation offline. π« 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 β³Our dad purchased 15 acres of the historic State Lane Vineyard in Yountville more than 40 years ago. π οΈ The State Lane Vineyard has been a foundational component of many of the Reserve, and Estate Cabernet Sauvignons I have…
