WINE SPECTATOR (James Laube): 92 Points Strikes a fine balance between rich, plush fruit and an elegant weight and mouthfeel, highlighting juicy plum, black cherry and blackberry flavors, ending with fine-grained tannins. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAMES SUCKLING RATING: 92 Points Blackberry and dark chocolate with hints of crushed concrete. Full body, layered and chewy yet the tannins are polished and attractive." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JEB DUNNUCK (Formally of Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate) RATING: 92 points “The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Corley Reserve offers the most depth and density in the lineup. Brought up in 50% new French oak and offering loads of currants, smoky oak, dried flowers, and incense, this beauty is medium to full-bodied, ripe, concentrated and balanced, with present tannin.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connoisseurs Guide – TWO STARS (91-94 points) “A highly distinctive wine. Ripe cherries and black currants abound in the generously oaked, lightly loamy aromas here, and the wine makes good on its promise with broad and very deep, varietally precise flavors to match. It is teasingly supple and open on entry but gradually firms as it goes and assumes the classically structured stance of Cabernet clearly deserving of age...” – Charles Olken -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESTAURANT WINE – Four Stars + “Corley’s 2014 Cabernets (and blends) are very impressive wines, and among its best ever.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “2014 was also an excellent vintage in California, where hundreds of producers made terrific Cabernet-based wines. Strongly recommended here are those from Corley (best reds, ever)...” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “The 2014 Reserve—a blend of Cabernet from Yountville, Rutherford, and St. Helena—is outstanding: supple, full bodied, and well balanced; a youthful Cabernet that is rich and complex in flavor (black currant, cassis, blackberry, cedar, tobacco, spicy oak), with a very long, tannic finish. Great value.” – Ronn Wiegand