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  • Country ranking ?

    282
  • Producer ranking ?

    16
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Game

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The Story

Time is expressed in Opus One by the character of the vintage: sometimes with a personality that is highly defined and sometimes with a shade of difference quite subtle from other vintages.  Through the minds and hands of the vineyard workers we capture time and the essence of the season – coaxing concentration and tempering abundance.

Place is often defined as terroir and denotes the special characteristics that geography, geology and clim...

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Wine Information

2007 Vintage Tasting Notes

Picture perfect until late August, the 2007 vintage posed an unusual challenge, with a heat spell in September followed by rains and the threat of frost. Selective harvesting (the majority at night) produced a vintage recalling the generous 2001,with aromas of cassis, nutmeg, raspberries, cola, fresh oats, dark chocolate and forest floor.

Polished, supple and harmoniously precise, the 2007 fuses a seamles...

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Tasting note

color

Deep and Purple

ending

Spicy

flavors

Blackcurrant, Vanilla and Toasty

recommend

Yes

taste

Concentrated, Full-bodied and Ripe

Written Notes

Deepish, purple colour. Pronounced, black currant nose with toastiness and vanilla tones. Full-bodied, spicy, oaky and tannic palate forms a tight mouthfeel. Ripe black currant fruit and high alcohol are making the palate a bit softer. The aftertaste is concentrated and oaky. The wine needs for at least ten years bottle ageing to open and become harmonious
  • 93p

Deep ruby. Scented, fruity, nuanced, graphite minerals and some spices. Cassis and floral touch on the nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, lively, elegant, fruity and refined, lovely balance, superb texture, elegant and very long indeed. 96

  • 96p
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Origin

Oakville, Napa Valley

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