Chateau Corbin (Futures Pre-Sale) 2021

Professional Ratings

• 93 Decanter
  A herbal, bramble nose with some meaty tones. This is fun but so refined too, the playful and bright cherry and strawberry fruit is delicious and succulent with sumptuous creamy edges. Effortlessly elegant, it's really not trying too hard but gives fruit, acidity, texture, spice and minerality. Well presented, energetic and classy. Such a pleasure to drink, nothing too over the top but so well worked! Drinking Window: 2025 - 2040.
  Barrel Sample: 93
• 91 Jeb Dunnuck
  A finesse-driven, elegant wine in the vintage, the 2021 Château Corbin (90/10 Merlot and Cabernet Franc) offers up a pretty, perfumed bouquet of crisp strawberries, framboise, rose petals, and flowers. Medium-bodied on the palate, it has a layered, seamless mouthfeel, fine tannins, and outstanding length. This is one of those wines that grows on you with time in the glass and will put a smile on your face any time over the coming 10-12 years.
• 90 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  The 2021 Corbin matured in some 20% new oak, a few old barrels, cement tanks and wine globes. Unwinding in the glass with a gently reductive bouquet of wild berries, spices, petals and vine smoke, it's medium-bodied, supple and charming, in a perfumed, middle-weight style.
• 90 James Suckling
  A soft and straightforward red showing notes of red berry fruit, oranges, walnuts and licorice. Medium-bodied and lightly chewy. Lighter this year.