Opici Wine & Spirits is a New Jersey-based importer that has set its sights on the world of wine. The 2 new bottles underneath “The Critic” label — which appear to be daring the likes of us to take a stab at it — are each sourced from Napa Valley fruit however land at $20 a bottle or much less.
And right here’s why.
2020 The Critic Chardonnay Napa Valley – Overblown with oak on the nostril, that is Napa chardonnay at its most blunt and fundamental. Plenty of barely bitter lemon peel pairs awkwardly with an enormous slug of candylike vanilla, with an overload of toasted wooden clinging to the end. I get the sensation the winemakers needed this to come back throughout like a light-weight lemon meringue pie, however the mark appears to have been missed fairly extensively. C- / $20
2020 The Critic Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley – 90% cabernet sauvignon and 10% merlot. Additionally slightly blunt: Extraordinarily jammy with an artificial-tasting vanilla and boring oak high quality to it. A punchy notice of raspberry jam — heavy on the sugar — results in a gummy, mouth-coating end. Tough and inauthentic. D+ / $20
2020 The Critic Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
$20
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