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2016 Opus One, Napa Valley
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Start Your Wine Collection with 2016 Opus One, Napa Valley
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Why We're Buying
In 1978, Joseph Phelps released the first proprietary Bordeaux-style blend in California. A year later, Opus One took the region to new heights with this magical red blend. Not only did it usher in a new era for Napa Valley, but Opus One has posted 40+ years of consistent returns since its debut. As K&L Wines wrote, "This is hands-down one of the great collectible wines in Napa Valley history." The 2016 vintage continues the tradition of excellence in classic style. The deep scarlet hue holds layer after layer of ripe black cherries, creme de cassis, baking spice, rosemary, tobacco, oak, and graphite. The structure pays homage to Bordeaux with a full body and not a hard edge in sight. With supreme elegance and finesse, 2016 Opus One can be enjoyed today or held for upward of 35 years. The Final Sip: Critics and connoisseurs love 2016 Opus One, one of the most collectible wines in Napa Valley history.
Critics Scores
Wine Spectator
A focused, restrained style, with a steady beam of fresh red and black currant preserve flavors, laced with bay leaf, cedar and tobacco notes. An iron edge pierces the finish, while the fruit keeps pace. A bit more classically backward than its Oakville peers, so tuck this away in the cellar. Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec. Best from 2020 through 2038.
James Suckling
Fantastic aromas that are complex and complete with blackcurrants, blueberries and herbs, such as basil and bay leaf. But always subtle. Full-bodied yet linear and very refined with a very persistent finish. It shows drive and brightness. So refined at the end. Needs at least three to five years to come together.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Opus One offers up bold, expressive black and blue fruits: warm black plums, black cherries, blackcurrants and wild blueberries with a beautiful undercurrent of lilacs, roses, fertile loam, underbrush and Indian spices. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is a tightly coiled spring ready to explode, with fantastic tension and wonderfully ripe, very fine-grained tannins, finishing very long with a mineral lift.
Jeb Dunnuck
The 2016 Opus One is brilliant and shows yet again that 2016 was a magical vintage for Napa Valley. Based largely on Cabernet Sauvignon mixed with 8 each of Petit Verdot and Merlot, with 5 Cabernet Franc and a splash of Malbec, its deep purple hue is followed by a beautiful bouquet of black cherries, crème de cassis, and blueberry fruit intermixed with notions of cedary spice, toasty oak, graphite, and flowers. With an almost Bordeaux-like class and structure, this full-bodied beauty has no hard edges, plenty of ripe tannins, and is extraordinarily pure, elegant, and long. It can be drunk today (give it a healthy decant) or cellared for 2-3 decades. Rating: 97+.