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California |
1996 |
Opus One |
1 |
Bottle |
Mag |
Convert Price£525 |
Rating
94
Release Price
$130
Drink Date
2015
Reviewed by
Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Issue Date
1st Jan 2000
Source
126, The Wine Advocate
This is one of the finest Opus Ones to date, offering a dark ruby/purple color, as well as a striking, intense bouquet of sweet licorice intermixed with blackberries, cassis, plums, and saddle leather. This seamless, full-bodied wine is more velvety-textured, opulent, and succulent than past vintages. The mid-palate is expansive and chewy. The long finish is filled with glycerin, ripe fruit, and sweet tannin. Drink this impressive, user-friendly yet richly concentrated effort over the next 15 years
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94 |
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California |
1997 |
Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Cabernet |
1 |
Case |
75cl |
Convert Price£480 |
Rating:
86
Price ($)
$45
Drink Date
2000 - 2010
Reviewed by
Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Issue Date
23rd Dec 2000
Source
132, The Wine Advocate
The saturated ruby/plum-colored 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon displays straightforward black currant fruit flavors with licorice, cedar, and earth notes. While medium-bodied and attractively ripe, it is somewhat one dimensional. Drink it over the next decade.
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86 |
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California |
2004 |
Dominus - owc 6x75 |
1 |
Case |
75cl |
Convert Price£820 |
Rating:
97
Price ($)
$150
Drink Date
2014 - 2029
Reviewed by
Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Issue Date
30th Apr 2014
Source
212, The Wine Advocate
Like so many 2004s, the 2004 Dominus is a full-bodied wine showing brilliantly at age ten, with loads of complex cedar, kirsch, Christmas fruitcake, black currants and spice box. It has a creamy, opulent texture, but remains light on its feet. This sexy wine is showing exceptionally well and is best drunk over the next 10-15 years. Not one of the longest-lived wines from Dominus, but it is certainly at a wonderful point in its evolution right now.
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97 |
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California |
2006 |
Dominus - owc 6x75 |
1 |
Case |
75cl |
Convert Price£720 |
Rating:
96
Price ($)
$130
Drink Date
2008 - 2033
Reviewed by
Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Issue Date
22nd Dec 2008
Source
180, The Wine Advocate
There are 6,500 cases of the superb 2006 Dominus (91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Petit Verdot). Its dark plum/purple color is accompanied by aromas and flavors of truffles, forest floor, black cherries, black currants, and Asian spices. One of the finest wines of the vintage, it is complete, full-bodied, and seamlessly built with beautiful ripe tannins, low acidity, and a luscious, layered mouthfeel. The aromatics are even more evolved and complex than the 2005's. The 2006 should drink well for 20-25 years.
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96 |
|
California |
2009 |
Opus One - 6x75 |
1 |
Case |
75cl |
Convert Price£1,400 |
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|
California |
2012 |
Opus One - 6x75 |
1 |
Case |
75cl |
Convert Price£2,012 |
Rating
96
Release Price
$255
Drink Date
2017 - 2045
Reviewed by
Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Issue Date
31st Dec 2015
Source
222, The Wine Advocate
The iconic 2012 Proprietary Red Opus One is a blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc, 6% Petit Verdot, 6% Merlot and 2% Malbec aged 18 months in French oak. A classy, complex, suave and savory 2012 Opus One, with notes of toasty oak and crème de cassis. This Pauillac lookalike, made by the staff at Mouton Rothschild, is a beauty. They have continued to strengthen the quality of wine and seem to have produced a brilliant, world-class wine. I imagine the 2013 may even eclipse this, but this 2012 is one of their great ones, with a seamless integration of acidity, tannin, alcohol and wood all present in this beautiful, full-bodied wine that should drink well for 25-30 years.
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96 |
|
California |
2013 |
Continuum - owc 6x75 |
1 |
Case |
75cl |
Convert Price£850 |
97+
Price ($)
$225
Drink Date
2016 - 2046
Reviewed by
Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Issue Date
30th Dec 2016
Source
228, The Wine Advocate
The blend of the 2013 Proprietary Red Continuum is 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Cabernet Franc, 9% Petit Verdot and 4% Merlot. This was aged in about 80% new French oak for 20 months prior to bottling. In his technical notes he said that 30% of production was declassified. A flawless, potential masterpiece in the making, the dense ruby/purple color, beautiful notes of blueberry, black cherry, graphite and a touch of earth and background smoke are followed by a full-bodied wine with gorgeous integration of acidity, tannin, wood and alcohol. The tannins are present and substantial, but silky and well-integrated. This is a tour de force from Tim Mondavi and his team – a masterpiece of power and finesse that, although approachable now, should age gracefully for at least another 25-30 years.
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97 |
