Situated within the coronary heart of Crimson Mountain AVA, a tiny but mighty Washington wine area – protecting solely round 1,600 hectares – lies ultra-premium producer Corliss. For over 20 years, founders Michael and Lauri Corliss have been producing a few of this distinctive area’s most ageworthy and site-specific wines.
A novel expression of terroir
Farmed and handled with the utmost care, the wines from Corliss’ three property vineyards – which mix outdated vines with new clonal varieties – show focus, depth and energy, while remaining nuanced and chic.
Famed for its heat, dry local weather, excessive latitude, dramatic diurnal temperature swings, highly effective winds, well-drained sandy loam soils and mineral-rich profile, Crimson Mountain AVA challenges winemakers to craft balanced wines in an excessive surroundings. Lengthy rising days with cool nights sluggish grape ripening and prolong hangtime, creating developed flavours and softer tannins, whereas retaining pure acidity.
Each oak and concrete fermentation vessels are used at Corliss, with winemaking selections made in keeping with every yield.
Sustainable, cautious farming
The Corliss workforce opts for low yields, meticulous decision-making and a spotlight to element within the winery, to make sure full flavour growth and optimum ripeness. Farming practices are selected a block-by-block foundation and yields are chosen with particular fermentation vessels – each oak and concrete – in thoughts.
Consistency and excellence in winemaking practices are key: Corliss prioritises vine well being through the use of cow and hen manure, and cultivating beneath winery rows to cut back the necessity for herbicides.
Corliss Crimson Wine 2019 – a mix of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot – was one among Decanter’s Wines of the Yr.
Persistence rewarded
The Corliss household’s three-wine portfolio is very celebrated: Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and a Cabernet Franc-driven mix, ‘Crimson Wine’. Corliss wines from Crimson Mountain AVA are daring and inky, providing a aromatic bouquet, savoury complexity and glorious ageing potential. No element is spared within the manufacturing of those wines: from finely-tuned choosing selections to the 5 years spent ageing the wines earlier than their launch – even all the way down to the wax punt stamp denoting wine and classic.
Consideration to element has been key to the success of the Corliss Crimson Wine 2019. A mix of 58% Cabernet Franc, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot, this classic was chosen as one among Decanter’s Wines of the Yr (97 factors), and lauded as ‘a ponderous wine, melding hedonism and contemplation almost to perfection’.
Every bottle of Corliss wine features a wax punt stamp denoting the wine and classic.
A personalised method
Corliss wines are solely accessible to their Registry members. By signing as much as the Registry record, subscribers won’t solely be capable of entry these excellent wines, however can even be given a personalised introduction to the state-of- the-art Walla Walla vineyard, hosted by Manufacturing Winemaker Adam Toliver and the Corliss hospitality workforce. Thus, Corliss seeks to construct on its traditions, while seeking to the long run because it continues to provide world-class wines in Crimson Mountain AVA.
For a restricted time, Decanter subscribers might bypass the waitlist and enrol within the Corliss Registry record to amass wine: corliss.wine/request-allocation
Learn Decanter’s editorial wine critiques for Corliss wines beneath
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