Opus One

Wine Tasting NotesA seemingly perfect growing season from bud break to the beginning of harvest, the 1979 vintage was challenged by rains in September. Early harvesting yielded clean, well-balanced...

Wine Tasting NotesThe winemaking team of Tim Mondavi, of Robert Mondavi Winery, and Lucien Sionneau, the winemaker of Chateau Mouton Rothschild, would describe the vintage as spicy with cigarbox...

Wine Tasting NotesOne of the earliest harvests in Napa Valley history. A very mild winter with lower-than-average rainfall gave way to early bud break and hot weather in June. The wines produced were...

Wine Tasting NotesCabernet Sauvignon and related varietals weathered the mid-September rains quite well, producing full-bodied wines with the requisite austerity and steeliness that are necessary for...

Wine Tasting NotesThe 1983 vintage produced an Opus One that is especially elegant and complex. It is a wine of concentration and depth which displays elements of cedar, cassis, and mint in the nose...

Wine Tasting NotesThe 1984 Opus One is a wine of concentration and depth, a rich wine that is especially full and forthright.Cabernet Sauvignon 97%, and Cabernet Franc 3%

Wine Tasting NotesThe 1985 Opus One is a vibrant, elegant wine with full cedar and cassis aromas and flavors. The wine possesses depth, complexity and firm structure that promises outstanding...

Wine Spectator ReviewRated 94Bordeaux-like in structure, this is an impressive showing. Firm tannins wrap around the currant, black cherry, anise, spice and cedar notes. Long, persistent finish...

Wine Tasting NotesThe 1988 vintage produced an Opus One that is exceptionally intense, yet elegant, filled with rich berry fruit, cassis and spice. Soft tannins make it delicious for enjoying now,...

Wine Advocate ReviewRated 93Medium brick color. Intense nose of dried blackberries and cherries laced with complex aromas of coffee grounds, tobacco leaf, cumin and soy. Nice concentration of mature...

Wine Spectator ReviewRated 91Tasted from magnum. Wonderful range of mature, complex dried cherry, berry, herb, cedar, anise and olive. Offers depth, polish and grace, finishing with firm tannins...

Wine Spectator ReviewElegant, polished, supple and complex, with pretty currant, cedar, anise, sage and tar notes. Turns firmly tannic. Drink now through 2008.Wine Tasting NotesAlready slowed by El...