Cloudcap Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon

Cloudcap Cellars

Other · Cabernet Sauvignon
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
91 /100
Reviews
47
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Vintages

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2013 Other 91/100
Cabernet Sauvignon
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Community Reviews

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91.2
Avg Score
96
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Taster #4934 · Nov 24, 2025
95/100
Consistent with my last note almost a year ago, except even slightly better. Some black currant coming in along with blackberry and a bit of a eucalyptus note. Beautifully integrated and drinking well.
2013 vintage
Taster #0837 · Nov 12, 2025
95/100
No detailed notes. Why the 95 rating? Because for me, a really good Napa cab will generally start at 92 or so points. Corra scores higher because of a wildly aromatic nose, and a sense of balance on the palate that wasn't always common in that Parker-fueled era.
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Taster #2428 · Jul 6, 2025
94/100
Great currant, cassis, plum and finish
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Taster #1807 · Mar 8, 2025
94/100
Consistent with past note. Perfect acidity. Fruit forward. Long juicy finish.
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Taster #4934 · Jan 2, 2025
94/100
PnP night one, tasted again the next night. Blackberry, cedar, bay leaf, coffee. Drinking well, lost nothing by night 2. Corra always delivers!
2013 vintage
Taster #5374 · Jun 30, 2024
95/100
Later night pnp and enjoyed over 2 hours. Dark red fruit....excellent weight in the mouth. Good on its own without food, too. Wish I had more descriptors but I don't. It's the 3rd or 4th bottle of the night with the HMCs.......
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Taster #8088 · Aug 17, 2023
93/100
At this point in the evolution of this wine, it has a lot of coffee notes, and the fruit is dark and brooding. Fun to drink after my buddy brought a young Spring Mountain, which was bright and happy and slightly tanic. This would be great with steak. We paired with prosciutto and cheese breaking in my new wine cellar and planning our great annual Labor Day camping feast.
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Taster #1807 · Aug 9, 2023
94/100
Have enjoyed several vintages this one rioer than others.
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Taster #4702 · Mar 3, 2021
89/100
An excellent unoaked Cabernet Sauvignon. It was actually pretty complex; savoury, tobacco, cedar, blackcurrant, stalky. A hint of Left Bank too
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Taster #6623 · Oct 23, 2020
94/100
Very drinkable at this stage - nice aroma, good fruit, subdued wood, enough acidity, smooth and lingering flavor - after a relatively short decant. Drank on its own after dinner. Will be great with a meal. Really enjoy Corra wines.
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Taster #2245 · May 2, 2020
96/100
This is the "stuff" Ran it through the Uiio, gave it about 3+ hours of air in a wide decanter - Yummy !
2013 vintage
Taster #3920 · Mar 22, 2020
96/100
Delish!! Needed something familiar and satisfying tonight with my dry aged ribeye so dug into the cellar for this wine. It's thrown quite a bit of sediment so removed it in the bottle around the cork and decanted carefully. Very tight when first opened, but after some swirling (3 hours) in the wide decanter, it started to give exactly what we expect, fabulous rich but lip smacking juicy cab. Flowers, herbs, ripe red fruit, anise. Still a youngster. Thank you …
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Taster #3094 · Dec 29, 2019
93/100
Wonderful nose with notes of peppermint and red licorice. Very balanced on the pallet with an easy finish. A little pricey if you were to look at it for a value but for a super nice dinner at a fine restaurant, this is a more than solid pick.
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Taster #3699 · Sep 1, 2019
96/100
Celia can do no wrong, if you havent tried Corra....well
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Taster #3009 · Jan 12, 2019
81/100
De-evolving into a fruit forward, oaky, smoky, tiring tastelessness
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Taster #3371 · Aug 4, 2018
87/100
Fading now.
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Taster #5677 · Jan 5, 2018
My first time with this label. Love Celia Welch wines, so figured it would be a natural fit. Coravin pour, so not a lot of air before consumption. Nose of tobacco, menthol, blueberries and spice box. Not super expressive, but a very nice aroma. On the pallet this is very acidic at the moment. Really pucker worthy. Not sure if I'm catching this is a bad phase or what, but given the positive notes here I am a bit surprised. …
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Taster #9449 · Dec 7, 2017
95/100
Slow ox for about 3 hours. Very smooth, well balanced and elegant. Soft tannins, long finish. Notes of plum, apricot, spice and a touch of menthol. The longer this wine was uncorcked, the more complexity one notices. It is difficult to tell the perfect drinking window without the benefit of hindsight, but as best I can tell the 2013 Corra is in the prime window to enjoy right now. Definitely not a Napa fruit bomb, but a very unique wine …
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Taster #3371 · Oct 16, 2017
89/100
Consistent with previous notes. Fading a bit.
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Taster #3371 · Sep 22, 2017
89/100
Consistent with previous notes. Still purple fruited goodness. Great QPR.
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Taster #3371 · Aug 27, 2017
89/100
Consistent with previous notes.
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Taster #3371 · Aug 1, 2017
88/100
Consistent.
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Taster #3371 · Jun 26, 2017
89/100
Delicious, consistent with previous notes.
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Taster #9372 · Jun 9, 2017
94/100
Didn't take notes, but a favorite at my recent tasting
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Taster #3371 · May 31, 2017
89/100
Consistent with previous notes. Great QPR.
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Taster #0284 · May 7, 2017
95/100
Trying to be patient with this wine in light of the vintage, however, I'm considering buying more to lay down and wanted to taste it first. Purple fruit - blackberry, currants, dark cherry, and a little plum. Really smooth mid-palate coupled with a beautiful purity and nice flavors of dark berries and a little spice. A nice combination of elegance along with solid depth. Fairly long finish. Decanted for two hours and drank over another three. Improved some with time …
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Taster #3371 · Apr 21, 2017
89/100
Consistent with previous notes. Great every day drinker, and seems like it will last a decade, surprisingly.
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Taster #3009 · Apr 15, 2017
88/100
Ruby, medium body, aromas of funk, cassis, dark fruit, flavors of muted dark fruit, anise, balanced to oak and earth, good acid and tannins, surprisingly old world, excellent qpr. will drink now - 2019
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Taster #9751 · Apr 5, 2017
94/100
Deep dark even ruby color. Scents of dried plums and vanilla. Excellent balance with flavors of blueberry and cassis. Lingering flavors of vanilla on a nice long finish.
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Taster #3371 · Mar 12, 2017
89/100
Consistent with previous notes.
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Taster #4998 · Mar 6, 2017
96/100
Wonderful wine, definitely one of the more unique and rewarding 2013 napa cabernet out there. Great perfume from mature oak and black fruits. I also got a lot of caramel as well. Powerful wine but at the same time very subtle finish. Definitely could cellar for many more years but also unbelievable to drink now.
2013 vintage
Taster #1159 · Jan 22, 2017
To Carrano's for thanksgiving
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Taster #3371 · Jan 2, 2017
89/100
A little extracted, but amazingly supple and tasty for the price. Consistent with previous notes, and this bottle actually blazing a bit more. Great QPR.
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Taster #3371 · Dec 18, 2016
88/100
Yum. Consistent.
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Taster #3371 · Nov 29, 2016
91/100
Surprisingly good. This has settled in and is a delicious, light bodied, full flavored, complex and beautiful Cab with some cut and style. Amazing QPR. Just bought another case for daily drinking.
2013 vintage
Taster #8489 · Oct 16, 2016
95/100
3 hours of slow ox in bottle, then another 4.5 hours in wide-bottomed decanter. Gave it a few swirls in decanter. Did run through a Vinturi with a filter and caught a fair amount of sediment, some of which was in moderately sized clumps. Highly recommend same treatment for future bottles. I understand this is composed of juice from Oakville, Rutherford and Pritchard Hill (Melanson). No idea on the % from each. Will say that this struck me as a …
2013 vintage
Taster #3371 · Sep 12, 2016
86/100
Still hanging in there, but maybe showing a little awkward and clumsy. Blowsy. I think this is starting to fall apart.
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Taster #3371 · Jul 3, 2016
87/100
Consistent. Seems to be fading a bit, or maybe going into a bit of a shell. Just less vibrant.
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Taster #3371 · Jun 29, 2016
87/100
Consistent. This bottle flat again, this seems to have some bottle variation, and may be fading.
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Taster #3371 · Jun 7, 2016
89/100
Good. Consistent. Nothing to really write home about, but great deep fruited value for the money. NOT over extracted or plump or sloppy.
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Taster #3371 · Jun 2, 2016
88/100
Consistent with previous notes.
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Taster #2389 · May 29, 2016
89/100
Classic new world CB black fruits some Tabbaco notes some acidity. Drinking well now not overly complex but pleasant fruit with restrained oak and mellow tannins £18.30
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Taster #3371 · May 15, 2016
89/100
Consistent.
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Taster #3920 · Apr 24, 2016
93/100
Wonderful, but young. You can get a part time job swirling the decanter to get the wine to open...about one 8 hour shift lol or you can give it a couple more years. However, when it does open, delish. FYI for those that don't know this wine, you must decant as it isn't filtered and there will be sediment.
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Taster #3371 · Apr 22, 2016
90/100
Consistent. This bottle singing. I've noticed some are and some aren't, yet all were bought at the same time, same place, and stored side by side.
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Taster #3371 · Apr 13, 2016
88/100
Consistent, maybe this bottle a bit muted.
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Taster #3371 · Mar 31, 2016
89/100
Consistent.
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Taster #1302 · Mar 8, 2016
95/100
Opened the day it arrived, decanted at Bliss. Gorgeous nose of mature dark fruit, oak, dry leaves. Medium to full body with soft but prominent tannins. Can use more time obviously, but great now. Classic Corra.
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Taster #8236 · Feb 17, 2016
93/100
Dinner at Bottega with the vintner and winemaker. Excellent food at Bottega and great opportunity to sample young wines from a talented winemaker. Drank this next to a 2013 Barbour. Dark ruby red color. Nose was dark fruits and cedar. Big fruit forward palate with blackberry, currant and some spice. Vanilla and oak on mid and back palate Tannins are modest suggesting it will be accessible (sooner than the Barbour), however like the rest of the vintage it would still …
2013 vintage