2024 Château Corbin St. Émilion Grand Cru St. Émilion Grand Cru Bordeaux France Wine Tasting Note
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2024
Château Corbin (St. Émilion Grand Cru)
Medium-bodied, fragrant, and fresh, the wine delivers its message of sweet, ripe, bright red cherries, currants, and soft, elegant textures easily. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. The wine blends 95% Merlot with 5% Cabernet Franc. Drink from 2028-2038. 90-92 Pts 267 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2025 |
When to Drink Chateau Corbin, Anticipated Maturity, Decanting Time
Chateau Corbin is much better with at least 6-8 years of aging in good vintages. Young vintages can be decanted for 1 hour or more.
This allows the wine to soften and open its perfume. Older vintages might need very little decanting, just enough to remove the sediment. Chateau Corbin offers its best drinking and should reach peak maturity between 7-18 years of age after the vintage.
Serving Chateau Corbin with Wine and Food Pairings
Chateau Corbin is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift.
Chateau Corbin is best paired with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes. Chateau Corbin is also good when matched with Asian dishes, and rich fish courses like tuna, mushrooms, and pasta.
The 2015 Chateau Corbin was the best wine I had tasted from Corbin. But 2016 Chateau Corbin proved to be an even better wine as did 2018 and 2020! The trend of making better wine at Chateau continues unabated. And fortunately for consumers, the wine still remains fairly priced. Chateau Corbin is clearly a Saint Emilion estate to watch as it's really on the upswing.