The one and only, OPUS ONE!!

Back with another few cases for our App-loving users only and at the best price you’ll find ANYWHERE!

Although we do get to taste these gems every vintage, we are not pretentious enough to include our own tasting notes as tabulating the scribbles did not amount to much more than a bunch of oohs and aahs, with parental advisory explicit jargon scattered in between. Opus One, as you know, hardly needs any clarifying verbiage other than “ROCKS YOUR FACE OFF!”

No matter your wine budget, or how full your pile, stash, cellar, and allocations may be, you NEED these. Like swimming with dolphins, participating in the Gloucester Cheese Run, and releasing baby turtles into the ocean, it’s a bucket list type adventure for your palate. And just think of how hard you can flex on Instagram with one of these bottle shots!

Enough of the razzle-dazzle. These are moving faster than free funnel cakes at the county fair. We’ll just drop this from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate quote here: “Call it a hat trick: Opus One knocks it out of the park with three excellent, if very different, takes on the last string of vintages: 2015, 2016 and 2017.”

And on this endcap of that trilogy…

96 Points – Decanter

“A fist of late summer cherries, raspberry and bilberry fruits set out their stall, all with the juicy character that confirms, even in a hot vintage like 2017, Opus can deliver balance and sculpted elegance. Beautiful grip, creamy texture with a strikingly powerful tannic frame. As the wine stays in the glass the floral aromatics begin to bloom up. A brilliant Opus. 20 days maceration - around half what it would have been a decade ago. 54% native yeast, as part of their native yeast project. 5% Merlot and 1% Malbec complete the blend. Harvest spread out over September 5 to October 8, just before the fires, by which time they had less than 10% of the fruit still out on the vines.”

95+ Points – Antonio Galloni’s Vinous

“A remarkable wine for the year, the 2017 Opus One is a dense, full-throttle beauty. Plush fruit and soft, silky contours give the 2017 its racy personality. Exotic, beautifully perfumed and impeccable in its balance, Opus One is one of the most complete wines of the vintage. In 2017, Opus One has a distinctly red-toned fruit profile that distinguishes it from the surrounding vintages. Drink 2023-2042.”

95 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

“The 2017 Opus One, bottled in July 2019, is a blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8.5% Petit Verdot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 4.5% Merlot and 1% Malbec. Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, it slowly grows on the nose, revealing compelling notes of baked black cherries, mulberries, black raspberries, warm cassis and blackberry pie with nuances of spice cake, yeast extract, tapenade, licorice and dusty soil with a waft of wild sage. Medium-bodied, the palate has a lively skip in its step, featuring bags of juicy raspberry and cassis-laced fruit and a refreshing line, supported by ripe, plush tannins, finishing long and graceful. Drink 2021-2036.”

95 Points – James Suckling

“Lots of currant and floral notes on the nose. Hints of mint and spice. Medium-to full-bodied, round and savory with creamy, juicy tannins. Hints of citrus underneath. Bright, fresh and delicious. Drink or hold.”