#Opus one 2012 review full#
#Opus one 2012 review plus#
#Opus one 2012 review free#

#Opus one 2012 review plus#

We enjoyed three vintages plus a glass of overture (a blend of the blends). A less involved tasting is also available….but if you are able the pairing experience is really worth your time. Views from all angles of the mountains and vineyards are postcard worthy, and the guided tasting is informative and made even more enjoyable by accompanying curated bites. Touring the winery is fascinating and a bit awe inspiring, too. How many wineries make just one wine…but do so with such care and attention that each vintage is better than the last? Conditions with weather obviously impact production, but here there is such focus on creating the best blend possible each year and it shows in the glass. This winery set the bar high for the region when it was first created and it continues to push that bar higher. Drink or hold.A visit to Napa Valley is not complete without a tasting and tour of Opus One. Medium-to full-bodied, round and savory with creamy, juicy tannins.

“Lots of currant and floral notes on the nose. In 2017, Opus One has a distinctly red-toned fruit profile that distinguishes it from the surrounding vintages. Exotic, beautifully perfumed and impeccable in its balance, Opus One is one of the most complete wines of the vintage. Plush fruit and soft, silky contours give the 2017 its racy personality. “A remarkable wine for the year, the 2017 Opus One is a dense, full-throttle beauty. Medium-bodied, the palate has a lively skip in its step, featuring bags of juicy raspberry and cassis-laced fruit and a refreshing line, supported by ripe, plush tannins, finishing long and graceful. Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, it slowly grows on the nose, revealing compelling notes of baked black cherries, mulberries, black raspberries, warm cassis and blackberry pie with nuances of spice cake, yeast extract, tapenade, licorice and dusty soil with a waft of wild sage. “The 2017 Opus One, bottled in July 2019, is a blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8.5% Petit Verdot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 4.5% Merlot and 1% Malbec. “Call it a hat trick: Opus One knocks it out of the park with three excellent, if very different, takes on the last string of vintages: 2015, 20.”ĩ5 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate We’ll just drop this from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate quote here:

#Opus one 2012 review free#

These are moving faster than free funnel cakes at the county fair. And just think of how hard you can flex on Instagram with one of these bottle shots!Įnough of the razzle dazzle. Like swimming with dolphins, participating in the Gloucester Cheese Run, and releasing baby turtles into the ocean, it’s a bucket list type adventure for your palate.

#Opus one 2012 review full#

No matter your wine budget, or how full your pile, stash, cellar, allocations may be, you NEED these. Opus One, as you know, hardly needs any clarifying verbiage other than “ROCKS YOUR FACE OFF”. You will be on the winning side.Īlthough we do get to taste these gems every vintage, we are not pretentious enough to include our own tasting notes as tabulating the scribbles did not amount to much more than a bunch of oohs and aahs, with parental advisory explicit jargon scattered in between. Can too-much-of-a-good thing really be a thing? Prove us wrong, clean us out. Still in disbelief as you may prove us wrong. Never thought we’d see enough of these to go around. How this day came about blows our little spy minds too. Not one, not two, but THREE vintages of the wine, the myth, the legend! Including jaw-droppingly rare magnums, all at offensively low prices that you simply will not find elsewhere, guaranteed. Today, beloved Operatives, we bring you VINOUS MAGIC.