Opus One Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1996
Available at 11 stores
Ratings on Delectable
Bill Bender 
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
En magnum.
En magnum.
9.3
Gordon Walker
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
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
