A blend of 77.5 Cabernet Sauvignon, 8. WA98 Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Opus One offers up bold, expressive black and blue fruits: warm. Sassicaia is the most famous Bordeaux blend in Italy and has spawned many imitations, whereby the blend is now firmly established in the New World and particularly in California and Australia. Fantastic aromas that are complex and complete with blackcurrants, blueberries and herbs, such as basil and bay leaf. Needs at least three to five years to come together. In St-Emilion and Pomerol, the blends are Merlot dominated as Cabernet Sauvignon can struggle to ripen there - when it is included, it adds structure and body to the wine. Opus One 2016 Demi Buteille 375ml, Napa Valley, California, USA 97+ Punkte Robert Parkers WINE ADVOCATE, Lisa Perrotti-Brown: WINESPECTATOR, James Molesworth. However 100% Cabernet Sauvignon wines can be slightly hollow-tasting in the middle palate and Merlot with its generous, fleshy fruit flavours acts as a perfect foil by filling in this cavity. 2016 Opus One Winery Napa Valley Proprietary Red 1500ml. It is particularly suited to the dry, warm, free- draining, gravel-rich soils and is responsible for the redolent cassis characteristics as well as the depth of colour, tannic structure and pronounced acidity of Médoc wines. The genesis of Opus One wine can be traced to 1970 at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel on the Big. In the Médoc and Graves the percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend can range from 95% ( Mouton-Rothschild) to as low as 40%.

This is actually the archetypal Bordeaux blend, though in different proportions in the sub-regions and sometimes topped up with Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot. Cabernet Sauvignon lends itself particularly well in blends with Merlot.

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