Opus One Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1996

Ratings on Delectable

Bill Bender Delectable Pro

En Mag. Losing some fruit intensity but still a very refined, well made wine with a low acid, toasty oak and a red creamy fruit profile. At full maturity. Drink now.

En Mag. Losing some fruit intensity but still a very refined, well made wine with a low acid, toasty oak and a red creamy fruit profile. At full maturity. Drink now.

9.3

Carl Fischer Delectable Pro

En magnum.

En magnum.

9.3

Gordon Walker Delectable Pro

Quite green and very very bretty. Still has nice tannins and good integration

Quite green and very very bretty. Still has nice tannins and good integration

8.6

Morgan Harris Delectable Pro

Head Sommelier Aureole New York

Shockingly good. One of the best mid-90s Cali Cabernets. Tell-tale green herbal pyrazine notes are here next to concentrated exotic red and black fruits. There's a remarkable amount of freshness to the wine though. I totally believe the 13.5% alcohol on the label. The oak is judicious an simply supports the fruit purity, although savory brett notes add and unexpected wild bass line. Easily a decade plus ahead, but drinking well now. The last of a certain breed of cabernet, with the soupy-syrupy '97s waiting just around the corner.

Shockingly good. One of the best mid-90s Cali Cabernets. Tell-tale green herbal pyrazine notes are here next to concentrated exotic red and black fruits. There's a remarkable amount of freshness to the wine though. I totally believe the 13.5% alcohol on the label. The oak is judicious an simply supports the fruit purity, although savory brett notes add and unexpected wild bass line. Easily a decade plus ahead, but drinking well now. The last of a certain breed of cabernet, with the soupy-syrupy '97s waiting just around the corner.

9.5

Robert Cunningham Delectable Pro

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

Beautiful balanced wine

Beautiful balanced wine

9.6

Stefan Metzner Delectable Pro

What a ripe beautifully developed wine // ripe round tannins// full body//still fruit aromas left but more so the great complex tertiary flavours and great texture plus long finish

What a ripe beautifully developed wine // ripe round tannins// full body//still fruit aromas left but more so the great complex tertiary flavours and great texture plus long finish

9.5

Cameron Russell Delectable Pro

Sommelier/Educator BW Wine Group

At it's peak, delicious and ready to drink!

At it's peak, delicious and ready to drink!

8.8

Melissa Treadway Delectable Pro

Should have opened a couple of years ago...

Should have opened a couple of years ago...

8.8

Yoon Ha Delectable Pro

Master Sommelier/Wine Director Benu

Not tired at all but too bretty.

Not tired at all but too bretty.

8.1

Sean Wormuth

Still great. Has at least 5-10 years to go, probably more.

Still great. Has at least 5-10 years to go, probably more.

9.6

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