2007 Opus One, Napa Valley, Bottle (750ml)

LP98 "The 2007 Opus One is deep garnet in color. It wafts out of the glass with a flamboyant perfume of dried roses, cinnamon stick, aniseed, and forest floor over a core of blackberry pie, blueberry preserves, and blackcurrant jelly. The full-bodied palate is laden with rich, expressive black fruits, supported by ripe, velvety tannins and seamless freshness, finishing very long and fragrant. This was the first year winemaker Michael Silacci co-fermented all the Petit Verdot with the Cabernet Sauvignon." LPB Jan 2023

JA97 "A powerful wine, full of black chocolate, cocoa powder and olive paste, layers of tightly packed flavour, many consider this to be the best of the decade and it is certainly extremely powerful. Dense, smoked bacon and chocolate flavours, needs to be paired with some equally rich food, and needs to be relaxed into - definitely a wine where you need to kick your shoes off, not make any appointments for the rest of the night, and take your time. A long life ahead of it also, if you choose to wait - this would benefit from longer in bottle. 1% Malbec and 6% Petit Verdot completes the blend. 20 days skin contact (note from this point the skin contact often heads a little shorter again). A perfect vintage until rains during harvest." JA for DR Sep 2019