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From Napa, there are bottles from Chappellet, Groth, Bevan, Frank Family, Moone-Tsai, Diamond Creek, Blankiet, Dominus and more that I would be happily content with having 2-3 bottles of for the price of one Opus. After trying an Opus now with more than 13 years of bottle age, I have to wonder what follows the old proverb after “Fool me thrice…”.Įspecially at the $300+ price point (with the 2004 now around $450 a bottle), I can name dozens of Bordeaux wines at or below that level that deliver way more value and pleasure. I was very underwhelmed with both but have been told repeatedly by wine folks that “Opus needs time” and that it’s unfair to judge them with less than 10 years of bottle age.

This was the third time I’ve had Opus after tasting the 2009 at an event and 2011 at the winery. Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild have created this wine. The mix of oak and tobacco spice are still present and last thru the moderate length finish. In 1980, this sharing of ideas blossomed into the Opus One joint venture. Opus One 2016 from Oakville, Napa Valley, California - The 2016 Opus One is remarkably elegant and bright offering sumptuous aromas of fresh red and blue fruit, baking spices and vanilla, and a delicate fragrance of. The mouthfeel is the best part of the wine by far. In the late 1970s, Robert Mondavi began a conversation with French winemaker Baron Philippe de Rothschild. Medium-plus acidity adds freshness and balances well with the velvety soft medium-plus tannins. On the palate those dark fruits become slightly more defined as black currants and bring an herbal element with them. A mix of dark fruits that aren’t very defined, noticeable oak spice but also some tertiary tobacco notes. Simple black currant fruit characterize this wine.