Mission Codename The One
Mastro Scheidt Signature is SOLD OUT - all 2 barrels of it…
Instead, a surprise for the rest of the day, and today only!
“Call it a hat trick: Opus One knocks it out of the park… 2016 is the vintage winemakers can’t remember because it was so uneventful. “We had plenty of rain in the early part of the year,” commented Opus One winemaker Michael Silacci, “followed by an early budbreak. We were able to pick fairly regularly with an even flow in the cellar.” The more 2016s I taste, the harder it is to fault this decadent, rich, blue, and black-fruited vintage.” 2016 a very decadent expression of Opus One with a provocatively effortless harmoniousness that is truly difficult to resist.” – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
We have no words to add to that, but the wine press does:
99 Points – 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.”
98 Points – 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. Drink 2022-2055.”
97+ Points – 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. Drink 2020-2050.”
What the Winery Says
2016 Oakville Napa Valley
- Winemaker
- Michael Silacci
- Varietals
- 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot, 8% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 2% Malbec
- Vintage
- 2016
- Appellation
- Oakville, Napa Valley
- Vineyard
- Opus One Estate
- Alcohol
- 14.5%
- Skin Contact
- 17 days
- Aging
- 18 months
- Barrels
- 100% new French oak
- Production
- Not enough!