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Opus One 1996
Posted on 9/22/13 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 9/22/13 at 1:55 pm
Just won a bottle of Opus One 1996 at a wine pull at the Great Forest Park Balloon Race. Wonderful event, by the way, and I love to support The Humane Society. The cork dissolved into the bottle the second the corkscrew touched it. I strained the wine through cheesecloth 3 times to get all the fragments of cork out. I would like to know, if in a blind testing, the average wine lover could distinguish this $250.00 wine from Franciscan Merlot or Rossi Paisano.
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Posted on 9/22/13 at 1:57 pm to AndreaLVG
I had Opus One and I was not impressed at all. It was not good.
Posted on 9/22/13 at 1:58 pm to AndreaLVG
Is it spoiled from exposure due to the rotten cork ?
Posted on 9/22/13 at 3:34 pm to AndreaLVG
The average wine lover should be able to tell it's not an Italian country wine, but Merlot and Cabernet are very similar on the palate (opus kne is a blend of those grapes plus the other bordeaux varieties). On the note I would say it's truly much more complex than a Franciscan merlot but at $250 I have always thought there is much more out there to drink instead.
Posted on 9/22/13 at 4:37 pm to lilwineman
First time I tasted Opus (was a 97), thought it was way overrated and overpriced. Then, someone gave me a 92 as a gift. Superb bottle of wine. As with most high priced wines, the vintage makes a huge difference.
Posted on 9/22/13 at 5:16 pm to plawmac
I think I can tell the difference but probably not 
I was at a wedding recently where opus one was the house wine
I was at a wedding recently where opus one was the house wine
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