Opus One - Red Wine Napa Valley 1996 (750ml)
Price: $385.00
| Producer | Opus One |
| Country | USA |
| Region | California |
| Subregion | Napa Valley |
| Varietal | Red Blend |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Sku | 171640 |
| Size | 750ml |
Decanter: 97 Points
One of the best vintages of the vertical the fruit feels well defined and bright the fleshy berry expression is certainly Californian with notes of coffee bean and smoke but it is measured and balanced and comes through as a depth of flavour that is pretty irresistable. One to sink into. 3% Malbec completes the blend. 37 days skin contact low crop sunny and warm summer. (Drink between 2019-2034)
Wine Advocate: 94 Points
This is one of the finest Opus Ones to date offering a dark ruby/purple color as well as a striking intense bouquet of sweet licorice intermixed with blackberries cassis plums and saddle leather. This seamless full-bodied wine is more velvety-textured opulent and succulent than past vintages. The mid-palate is expansive and chewy. The long finish is filled with glycerin ripe fruit and sweet tannin. Drink this impressive user-friendly yet richly concentrated effort over the next 15 years
Vinous: 92 Points
Bright full ruby-red. Pungent black raspberry leather game chocolate espresso pepper and fresh herbs. Juicy bright and very concentrated with crunchy currant tobacco and dark chocolate flavors supported and amplified by a firm spine of acidity. Long on personality. Finishes with dusty tannins and excellent length.
