By: AJ McClellan
We love it when big name winemakers come in to taste us on our wines, but it’s not every day that you get Opus One to come knocking at your door.
2006 Opus One – This was a wonderful wine, extremely well crafted. Big black raspberries served over crumbled dark chocolate then surrounded by small tart black cherries, cassis, currants, and topped with black liquorish. There was a pungent Vanilla aroma with clove, allspice, and cedar showing off the impressive oak aging. The wine reminds me of a blissfully sweet dark fruit served in perfect balance with tart chewy chocolate. Tannins smooth as silk, and a fantastic balance of fruit, oak, tannins, and body.