2019 | Opus One | Proprietary Red

Description

Red Wine: 2019 | Opus One | Proprietary Red

Dark fruit flavors, savory herbs, espresso, and cocoa.

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Producer: Opus One

Ratings: WA | 99JS | 99

Vintage: 2019

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13.5%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: United States, Napa Valley

The freshness and soft glow of acidity create a subtle tension with dark fruit flavors, savory herbs, espresso, and cocoa. A delicate dark chocolate bitterness lingers on the finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2019 Opus One leaps from the glass with notes of Black Forest cake, Morello cherries, mulberries and fresh blackcurrants plus hints of licorice, wilted roses, Sichuan pepper and iron ore. Full-bodied, the palate is jam-packed with juicy black, blue and red fruits, framed by velvety tannins and background freshness, finishing on a compelling earthy/mineral note. Tasted as a barrel sample, this is a truly magnificent Opus One in the making!

• James Suckling: The purity of fruit is really something else here, with currants and fresh flowers, such as violets and roses. Flower stems as well. Fantastic length and structure to the wine, with tightness and focus. Wonderful fruit. Graceful.

Producer Information

Opus One is one of the world’s most famous wines, and was initially established as a partnership between two of the biggest names in Bordeaux and Napa Valley: Baron Philippe de Rothschild of Château Mouton Rothschild and Robert Mondavi. Opus One was the first premium California wine sold in Europe, and is one of the original “Cult Cabernets”, along with the likes of Harlan Estate and Screaming Eagle. The estate continues to be one of the most expensive Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant wines produced in Napa Valley. The collaboration was conceived in the 1970s and then first realised in 1979, when the first vintage of Opus One was created. It was released to the public in 1984, but had already attracted considerable attention, as a single case of the wine had sold for $24,000 at the first Napa Valley Wine Auction in 1981.