Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews. Learn more.
Manage Subscriptions
Important Update From the Founder
Read message >
Community Tasting Notes 121
-
john galt wrote: 94 points
December 25, 2023 - Deep red fruit, dirt, a little black pepper, elegant, warm, just stunning, prime time!
1 person found this helpful Comment -
Myalover wrote: flawed
December 24, 2023 - This was gifted to me and showed signs of being stored improperly. There was a small amount of seepage and the cork broke when opening. Flavor was fairly muted but still quite smooth. Thankful to have had the chance to drink it. I imaging that if it had been stored better it would have been wonderful.
-
Woodbridge Brad Likes this wine: 93 points
December 10, 2023 - Full color dense, slight edge of brick, great complex nose. Soft and supple, very vibrant. Very much what I wanted tonight.
-
Jhalpern27 Likes this wine: 92 points
October 7, 2023 - Thanks to my friend Kim who put together a flight of 95,96,97,98,99 Opus and paired with several Waygu prepared by our friend Steve. Oh What a night, spectacular food paired with an amazing Vertical that will most likely not be repeated by our group. This wine had an inital funk or dusty nose to it, even after - 2 hour decant. Grateful that the wine was perfectly fine and really good, it just wasn’t up to par with its 4 other siblings on this night Still a 92, could be bottle variance or just this vintage.
-
David Harper wrote:
June 20, 2023 - Decanted after battling a very dry cork. Sadly, it was over the hill. Not corked, just nothing left to praise. I drank a lot of Opus in the 2000’s before moving to Bordeaux’s and always held this in high esteem. I don’t see any other reviews that experienced this so perhaps bottle storage contributed to it’s early demise. Bought at a restaurant that offered several older vintages.
1 - 5 of 121
More notes
Pro Reviews 6
Add a Pro ReviewDecanter
-
By Jane Anson
Opus One vertical, 9/13/2019 (link)(Opus One, Napa Valley, California, USA, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
-
By Stephen Tanzer
Vintage Retrospective: The 1999 Napa Valley Cabernets (May 2019), 5/1/2019 (link)(Opus One Opus One Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
-
By Antonio Galloni
Opus One – Past, Present and Future: 1979-2012 (Jun 2013) (link)(Opus One Opus One) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
-
By Jancis Robinson, MW
9/1/2004 (link)(Opus One Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
-
By Stephen Tanzer
November/December 2002, IWC Issue #105 (link)(Opus One Proprietary Red Wine Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
RJonWine.com
-
By Richard Jennings
7/3/2003 (link) 91 points(Opus One) Great berry nose; very drinkable, mellow tannins; medium-plus finish 91+ pts. (84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 3% Malbec, 1% Petit Verdot)
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1999
- Type Red
- Producer Opus One
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
- UPC Codes 6133004062997, 753604062010, 753604062034, 753604062041, 753604062096, 753604062102, 753604062119, 753604062126, 753604062980, 753604062997, 753604063994
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 3,340 (63%)
- Consumed 1,928 (37%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Grilled meat at a beach barbie in Maine, lamb and beef, New York, RIB EYES OFF THE GRILLWho Likes This Wine
98% Like It 55 votes
More About This Wine
Articles
- ProducerOpus One
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
Add Articles
- Wine1999 Opus One (add)
- FamilyOpus One (add)
- ProducerOpus One
- VarietalRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley