2005 Vin de Manies ZinfandelNapa Valley *Opus One Alum Online Shopping Event

Why We Love ItAfter the incredible response for Vin de Manies’ Cabernet, (which now holds the coveted title of the #1 selling invino offering – ever!), we asked our friend Daniel Manies – Opus One’s acclaimed Cellarmaster: “what’s next?”. His response: this wine for Members: a Napa Valley Zin that’s a dream-come-true. A voluptuous wine that makes the case for the 'other red wine on Napa's radar’, its’ an elegant creature that pairs very well with food; is “well behaved enough to enjoy on its own”. A wine that if tasted blind would in no way assume $16, it’s one that over-delivers; just like its incredible Cabernet cousin.A recap (for those still reading...): The first cellarmaster at Opus One, French-born Daniel Manies was a part of the famed winemaking team for thirteen years before making his own wines in the last decade. Epitomizing the philosophy that stellar Cabernet doesn’t need to exceed the $50 price point, his wines take on the subtlety and nuance of the Opus One style, while bringing to the table jaw-dropping value (...at retail). Manies puts into play with his own wines the same attention to detail and winemaking expertise that led to some of Opus One’s inaugural gems, allowing his French roots and Napa experience come together in something incredible.For those who missed the incredible Cabernet access and the (many) who came searching for more, this is Zinfandel that had our Sourcing Team fawning. A wine with gorgeous black cherry, pomegranate, and subtle notes of earth and spice, it's deep, dark red, offering ripe raspberry notes with a mouthful of berries, vanilla, and forest floor. What was summed up as “the winemaking style that could only come from an Opus One alum,” it’s the flawlessness of the legendary winemaking, and value only our Sourcing Team could scout out.*Inside Fact: Opus One, started in the late 1970s by the Baron Philippe de Rothschild and Robert Mondavi, is synonymous with the highest tier of Napa Cabernet. In 1981, a single case of their partnering venture sold out at the Napa Valley Auction for $24,000 - the highest price ever paid for a California wine. more