1990 Opus One

Community Tasting Notes (67) Avg Score: 91.9 points

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  9/17/2022 - t.c.green Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Still perfect in balance, great fruit, perfect with Duck

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  4/24/2022 - Cailles wrote: 92 Points

  48x 1990 (37x Bdx, 6x Napa, 5x others): Six Napa wines were added to this Bdx tasting. 1990 was not an overly exciting vintage in Napa Valley, clearly overshadowed by the 91/92/94 vintages. Almost all of the wines are past peak with not enough fruit left. In addition the vintages misses a bit of charm and creaminess and remains rather on the astringent side of things. The only star was the Heitz Martha’s Vineyard (94 pts) which showed complex, savoury, balanced and creamy with that typical Martha’s mint kick. Opus (92 pts) and Heitz Bella Oaks (91 pts) were still ok, while the La Jota Howell Mt (86 pts) and Simi Reserve (87 pts) and Latour Beaulieu Reserve (dead) were past peak.
  
  TN: Not overly expressive nose. Not much detectable. Dark, dense and with some crushe rocks. On the palate lots of dark, cool, fresh fruit, crushed rocks. But not enough creamines and no depth. Freshness is good but overall the wine is a touch astringent like all 1990s we had tonight. Still this had still some life left and a good fruit core. Fun to drink. 92
  
  Decanting: No decanting needed.

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  7/12/2021 - anderson.miller.ram@gmail.com wrote: flawed

  Bottle had a depressed cork and was still an excellent 30 year old wine. Nose at first was incredibly rough and very light color with brown rim. After multiple hours the color darkened significantly. The wine stayed balanced with soft tannins but gained in flavor and strength over 2+ hours. Enjoyable experience.

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  3/28/2021 - Zitan wrote: 96 Points

  “A picture of elegance,” as my wife said. Beautiful and midweight. Tannins gone. Secondary earthy aromas and flavors. Fruit still alive. Like a Margaux. Best Seder wine ever. Absolutely needs 2+ hours decanting. I have one more - I won’t wait forever but it’s not on its last legs.

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  7/10/2020 - Racer117 Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Magical! Aged Bordeaux right here in California. No detailed notes but this was seamless and balanced, not heavy nor taxing. A kind of wine I could easily consume the whole bottle and not be fatigued.
  
  Perhaps slightly eclipsed by a recent '90 Mondavi Reserve Cab. Thanks again Joe!

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