Today, Opus One is without a doubt one of the most recognized wine in the world.
Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot. They show up at 3 am, night after night, when it’s time to harvest, and masterfully translate that into the bottle. Opus One Wine Reviews, Scores, Tasting Notes Home Latest Reviews Regions. Over the last 30 years, the carefully chosen Opus One team has mapped the wine’s vineyards down to each individual vine. Even after tasting legendary vintages like 20, we couldn’t stop raving about the 2016. Opus One has a remarkable throughline of pitch-perfect quality and complexity that we rarely see replicated in Napa, Bordeaux, or beyond. Our tasting of nearly a dozen vintages highlighted the wine’s exquisite and graceful ageability. Opening, pouring, and indulging in Opus One is a singular pleasure. Initial dark fruit, spice, and baking aromas in the 2016 Opus One Cabernet Sauvignon are interwoven with seductive notes of violet, black tea, and sage. The 2014 Opus One exudes subtle aromas of fragrant florals, fresh garden herbs and forest floor that give way to a concentrated blend of red cherry. It’s full-bodied, opulent, and impeccably balanced. We fell in love with its plush mouthfeel, which is dominated by blackberry and cassis that coat the mouth with a creamy texture before accents of sage, black olives, dark chocolate, and espresso emerge. In the glass, it boasts an inky ruby hue with elegant and polished aromas of crushed red and blue fruit, baking spice, and woodsy herbs. Black cherry, plum, leather and spice flesh out effortlessly, but what stands out most is the wine's textural intensity and sheer power. Compuesto por 81 Cabernet Sauvignon, 4 Petit Verdot, 7 Cabernet Franc, 6 Merlot y 2 Malbec, el vino tinto de propiedad de Opus One 2015 es realmente un puo.
James Suckling honored their 2016 release with a near-perfect 99-point score, calling the 2016 “complex and complete.” Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate gave the 2016 98 points, praising the wine’s dense palate as a “tightly coiled spring ready to explode.” The 2016 Opus One is a wine of real breadth and power. The legendary partnership between Bordeaux First Growth Mouton Rothschild and Robert Mondavi solidified Napa as a powerhouse wine region and global leader in modern winemaking.
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