Cabernet Sauvignon Kronos Vineyard, Corison Winery 2012

The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Kronos Vineyard is a very friendly, approachable edition of Cathy Corison's flagship. This opens with a bouquet of dark red fruit alongside notes of licorice and a hint of blood orange. The vintage's freshness comes through with bright acidity, complemented by classic Cabernet aromas of menthol and bay leaf. It's a fine choice for drinking now and over the next decade-plus.

I had not tasted the 2012 Kronos Vineyard from Cathy Corison since its release in the spring of 2015 and was very happy that it was in our lineup at the winery in September. I loved this wine out of the blocks and it was showing brilliant potential at the winery, soaring from the glass in a beautiful, young aromatic blend of red and black cherries, a touch of eucalyptus, Rutherford dust, tobacco leaf and a very suave base of new wood. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and nascently complex, with a lovely core of sappy fruit, great focus and grip, fine-grained tannins and exquisite balance on the very, very long and refined finish. This is, of course, still a very young wine, but it will be one of the defining wines of Cathy’s illustrious career when all is said and done! 2030-2075+