Upon release, our 1998 CORLEY RESERVE Estate Grown Merlot showed gorgeous blueberry and red berry flavors and aromatics. The bright fruit was accompanied by a suppleness highlighted in the mouth-feel of the final wine.
1999 saw a very long hang time without any rain from early April through to an Indian summer during harvest. We harvested clean and healthy fruit with excellent acidity and full ripe flavors.
This vintage has aged beautifully, showing nice structure, great aromas, and an excellent representation of the vintage. It is tasting beautifully, all these decades later.
The wine is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from this vineyard. Unblended, un-fined, unfiltered and unforgettable! The wine, as always, is a deep garnet color with fragrant aromas of black fruits that are followed by black-cherry and blackberry flavors. The wine is full-bodied with a core of dark berry flavors with strong notes of chocolate, spice and cassis.
Our Vintage 1998 CORLEY RESERVE Cabernet Sauvignon has fragrant aromas of rich bright black-fruits and lavender that are followed by superbly extracted black-cherry flavors that are nicely touched by new oak and elegantly presented in a full-bodied wine. The wine finishes with strong notes of chocolate, spice and cassis.
Already luscious, richly textured and elegant, our 2000 CORLEY RESERVE Cabernet Sauvignon is a dense wine with concentrated red berry and chocolate flavors and spice tones supported be structured tannins. A classic example of Cabernet Sauvignon and VINTAGE 2000.
