![]() ![]() Sassicaia is the most famous Bordeaux blend in Italy and has spawned many imitations, whereby the blend is now firmly established in the New World and particularly in California and Australia. We have received our allocation of the soon-to-be-released 2016 Opus One. Blended of 80 Cabernet Sauvignon, 7 Cabernet Franc, 6 Merlot, 5 Petit Verdot and 2 Malbec, the Opus One 2014 Proprietary Red Wine sports an inky purple. In St-Emilion and Pomerol, the blends are Merlot dominated as Cabernet Sauvignon can struggle to ripen there - when it is included, it adds structure and body to the wine. However 100% Cabernet Sauvignon wines can be slightly hollow-tasting in the middle palate and Merlot with its generous, fleshy fruit flavours acts as a perfect foil by filling in this cavity. ![]() It is particularly suited to the dry, warm, free- draining, gravel-rich soils and is responsible for the redolent cassis characteristics as well as the depth of colour, tannic structure and pronounced acidity of Médoc wines. ![]() A sleeper wine for the year, the 2014 is shaping up to be a gorgeous wine that. The tannins are firm but also impeccably balanced. Savory, tightly wound and intensely aromatic, the 2014 is going to need time to unwind, but it looks like it will develop along the more classic vintages here. In the Médoc and Graves the percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend can range from 95% ( Mouton-Rothschild) to as low as 40%. The 2014 Opus One has turned out to be a gorgeous wine. Nine Inch Nails 1989 magnum opus Pretty Hate Machine, a cannon blast of industrial-strength wrath and pioneering sounds, would go on to achieve platinum status, but more. This is actually the archetypal Bordeaux blend, though in different proportions in the sub-regions and sometimes topped up with Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot. The flavors are bright, precise and beautifully delineated.Cabernet Sauvignon lends itself particularly well in blends with Merlot. Tasting Note: The 2014 Opus One sports an inky purple color and nose of crushed black and red currants, black cherries and mulberries with touches of. Fine-grained tannins offer a velvety texture and complex structure that. opus one was founded by baron philippe de rothschild legendary proprietor of chateau mouton rothschild and renowned napa valley vintner robert mondavi. After a silky entry, dark fruit flavors emerge with hints of baking spice and black olive. ![]() This is one of the more restrained recent vintages of Opus One and yet all the elements are impeccably balanced. Opus One 2014 is made from 80 Cabernet Sauvignon, 7 Cabernet Franc, 6 Merlot, 5 Petit Verdot and 2 Malbec. The 2014 Opus One exudes subtle aromas of fragrant florals, fresh garden herbs and forest floor that give way to a concentrated blend of red cherry, blackberry and black currant. "The 2014 Opus One is super-classy, elegant and polished, with mid-weight structure and tons of pure class. Medium-bodied, finely crafted and with an energetic line lifting the red and black fruits, it has a bold frame of grainy tannins and a very long, earth and spice-layered finish." - Wine Advocate 2014 opus one plus#"The Opus One 2014 sports an inky purple color and nose of crushed black and red currants, black cherries and mulberries with touches of underbrush, sautéed herbs and pencil shavings plus a waft of spice box. Drinkable but better in 2020." - James Suckling Exquisite tension and finesse with an almost Burgundian texture, yet it’s Napa in its soul with ripe fruit, stones, spices and Chinese tea leaf flavors. Tasting note : Dense, almost opaque in the glass with initial herbal/menthol top notes and clean oak/new leather aromas underneath. "Mesmerizing aromas of flowers, bark, currants and blackberries. VINOUS MEDIA 95+ POINTS! 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc, 6% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 2% Malbec. ![]()
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