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The January 2019 Internet-Only Auction Part 1
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Estimate: $70
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"Cathy Corison’s 2011 cabernet sauvignon is her twenty-fifth harvest at her own winery, and not surprisingly the queen of Napa Valley elegance has produced a stellar wine in the cooler year of 2011. The wine is a ripe, but suave 13.7 percent and wafts from the glass in a stellar constellation of red and black cherries, a fair bit of Rutherford Dust, tobacco leaf, beautiful soil tones, a hint of eucalyptus, fresh herb tones and a very refined base of new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very pure, a superb core of fruit, absolutely seamless balance, great focus and complexity and a very long, youthful and ripely tannic finish of impeccable focus and grip. This is a very young and refined Napa cabernet that will be spectacular in the fullness of time and is very much worthy of marking Madame Corison’s twenty-fifth anniversary at her own property. What I love about the Corison cabernets, year in and year out, is that they inevitably take me back to my formative years in the wine trade, when I bought and cellared a ton of Napa cabernets and fell in love both with the style of the region (back in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s) and with the larger wine world in general. The 2011 is one of Cathy Corison’s finest young vintages that I have had the pleasure to taste, which is saying something, considering this remarkable woman’s superb track record for classic Napa cabernets!"
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"Cathy Corison’s 2011 cabernet sauvignon is her twenty-fifth harvest at her own winery, and not surprisingly the queen of Napa Valley elegance has produced a stellar wine in the cooler year of 2011. The wine is a ripe, but suave 13.7 percent and wafts from the glass in a stellar constellation of red and black cherries, a fair bit of Rutherford Dust, tobacco leaf, beautiful soil tones, a hint of eucalyptus, fresh herb tones and a very refined base of new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very pure, a superb core of fruit, absolutely seamless balance, great focus and complexity and a very long, youthful and ripely tannic finish of impeccable focus and grip. This is a very young and refined Napa cabernet that will be spectacular in the fullness of time and is very much worthy of marking Madame Corison’s twenty-fifth anniversary at her own property. What I love about the Corison cabernets, year in and year out, is that they inevitably take me back to my formative years in the wine trade, when I bought and cellared a ton of Napa cabernets and fell in love both with the style of the region (back in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s) and with the larger wine world in general. The 2011 is one of Cathy Corison’s finest young vintages that I have had the pleasure to taste, which is saying something, considering this remarkable woman’s superb track record for classic Napa cabernets!"
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The fourth-largest wine producer in the world, led by California. American fine wine is defined by ripe, expressive fruit and a spirit of innovation, with Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon among the most sought-after wines globally.
California's most prestigious wine region, celebrated worldwide for opulent, structured Cabernet Sauvignon. Diverse soils and mountain-to-valley-floor sites yield wines of remarkable ripeness, power and longevity.
California's flagship appellation for opulent, structured Cabernet Sauvignon of ripe fruit, plush tannins and cellar-worthy depth.
The world's most planted premium red grape, yielding deeply colored, tannic and structured wines with cassis, cedar and graphite notes. Firm tannins and acidity make it exceptionally age-worthy, whether as a varietal or the backbone of a Bordeaux blend.