Corison Wines

Corison Winery is a boutique winery in St Helena, California, created by Cathy Corison in 1987. Predominately a Cabernet Sauvignon house, Corison is famous for creating a style of wine that goes against the stereotype that all Napa Cabernet wines are flamboyant, rich, alcohol bombs. Instead, Corison's wines are elegant and notably ageworthy, and are held in high regard.

Cathy Corison developed a passion for wine in the 1970s while studying biology at Pomona College in Claremont, California. After receiving a Masters in Enology at UC Davis, she worked at the likes of Chappellet Vineyard, Staglin Family Estate, York Creek Vineyards, and Long Meadow Ranch, before settling on her property in St Helena. Here, she began crafting varietal Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from the benchlands where Rutherford and St Helena merge.

The Corison Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from three different vineyards around Napa, while the Kronos Cabernet Sauvignon – which Corison began making in 1996 – is sourced from a few old rows of vines right in front of the winery. What is distinctive about these wines is that they are always 100-percent Cabernet Sauvignon, are sourced from the same vineyards, and are always vinified exactly the same way. This consistency allows the wines to showcase the quality of the vintage.

Corison also has a secondary label called Corazón, which produces small amounts of Gewürztraminer from Anderson Valley as well as a rosé. Additionally, the estate recently started producing small quantities of Napa Valley Cabernet Franc under the Helios label.