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1999 Opus One Proprietary Red Wine
Proprietary Blend: 750ml
$259.99
points awarded:
ST 92 WS 9388 points,
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, December 2003
While it is a big, rich effort, the 1999 Opus One exhibits a distinct earthiness as well as a sweaty saddle-like characteristic. It builds nicely on the attack and mid-palate, but finishes short, displaying hints of herbs, chocolate, and black currants. Drink this medium-bodied offering now and over the next 7-8 years...
92 points,
Stephen Tanzer's IWC, November 2002
...Sappy nose combines currant, smoked meat, tobacco and exotic spices. Rich, sweet and tactile, with complex, tangy flavors of crystallized blackcurrant, caraway seed and smoked meat...the finish builds impressively. A very suave wine that finishes with fine, spreading tannins.
93 points,
Wine Spectator, September 2002
An exquisite, complex, stylish wine, wearing a cloak of earthy, leathery tannins around flavors of mineral, currant, earth and blackberry. Gains intensity and shows its depth and concentration on the finish, which is long and detailed...

