Description

Red Wine: 2014 | Rivers-Marie | Corona Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Well-centered on a core of supple dusty cherry and plum flavors, with fresh earth and dried herb notes amid the cedary tannins. Gains muscle and depth on the finish.

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Producer: Rivers-Marie

Ratings: WA | 96 VN | 93

Vintage: 2014

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14.5%

Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon

Country/Region: United States, California

Well-centered on a core of supple dusty cherry and plum flavors, with fresh earth and dried herb notes amid the cedary tannins. Gains muscle and depth on the finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Corona Vineyard comes from the western Oakville hillside that was once an old gravel quarry. Blue/purple with notes of earth, crushed rock, blueberry and blackberry fruit, this is a relatively tannic, backward style compared to the other Cabernets with plenty of minerality, a muscular structure, full-bodied mouthfeel and loads of blue, red and black fruits.

• Vinous: The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Corona Vineyard is super-expressive. A brooding, intense wine, the 2014 Corona exudes intensity. Beams of underlying tannin extended the finish nicely. Dark stone fruit, spice, leather and mocha build into the super-expressive finish.

Producer Information

Rivers-Marie is a wine producer based in Calistoga, Napa Valley, but primarily known for its small-production Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines. It was founded by husband-and-wife team Thomas Rivers Brown and Genevieve Marie Walsh, and made its first vintage of Pinot Noir in 2002. Rivers-Marie wines are sold exclusively through a mailing list, with annual production ranging from 60 to 600 cases per label. Winemaker Thomas Brown got his start in the wine industry working under Ehren Jordan at Turley Wine Cellars. In 2002, he had the opportunity to purchase fruit from the respected Summa Vineyard, a two-hectare (six-acre) site planted in 1978. Brown purchased the Summa Vineyard outright in 2010 and today produces two single-vineyard Pinot Noir wines from the vineyard, as well as single-vineyard Pinot Noir wines from Occidental Ridge Vineyard, Kanzler Vineyard and Silver Eagle Vineyard. Rivers-Marie began making Chardonnay in 2007, and today makes single-vineyard wines from the Thieriot and Joy Road vineyards, as well as a generic Sonoma Coast cuve. The winery also makes several Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon wines, including single-vineyard bottlings from Calistoga, St Helena and Oakville. As well as Rivers-Marie, Brown is involved in numerous winemaking projects across California.