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1994 Opus One

Red Bordeaux Blend

  • USA
  • California
  • Napa Valley
Drink between 2003 - 2017 (Edit)
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Community Tasting Notes 164

  • breadSheeran Likes this wine:

    January 27, 2024 - No formal notes based off memory from over a month ago but out of a lineup of many 94 Napa cabs this easily could still have gone the longest in the cellar. Lots of structure remaining, graphite, dark condensed fruits. Stunning wine. Can probably hold for another decade or drink now, but you’ll be rewarded either way

  • Bimal Likes this wine: 96 points

    August 18, 2023 - Very much alive. Perfect balance, great structure, evolved over 2 hours to subtle, smooth and complex. Great nose with prominent Cedar and graphite shavings. More nuanced young black fruit them the jammy fruit forward "boutique" Cabs from Napa. Superb body, and length. Matched great with beef, not so good with anything citrus. Fantastic.

  • levinml wrote: 92 points

    April 15, 2023 - OK given this is a little long in the tooth. Nice, complex Bordeaux like nose, but a little thin on the mouth. Good flavors though. Drink up..

  • Collector1855 wrote: 97 points

    March 3, 2023 - Tasted blind. Wonderful nose here, very Bordeauesque with forest floor, dark and also red fruit, leather, horse saddle and a whiff of pine tree. Elegant and complex on the palate. A very grand CabSav. I did not guess Napa.

  • Philip67 Likes this wine: 95 points

    February 12, 2023 - Amazingly young and fruit driven big rich dark fruits, blackberry. All accompanied by subtle old saddle leather and cake spice. Very long. Drink now as think this is in slow decline, though would last many years yet. Faded a bit after a while.

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Decanter

  • By Jane Anson
    Opus One vertical, 9/13/2019 (link)

    (Opus One, Napa Valley, California, USA, Red) Subscribe to see review text.

Vinous

  • By Antonio Galloni
    Looking Back at Napa Valley Icons (Oct 2014), 9/1/2014 (link)

    (Opus One Opus One Napa Valley) 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.

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  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    9/1/2004 (link)

    (Opus One Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text.

Vinous

  • By Stephen Tanzer
    May/June 1998, IWC Issue #78 (link)

    (Opus One Proprietary Red Wine Napa Valley) Subscribe to see review text.

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  • By Richard Jennings
    9/9/2012 (link) 93 points

    (Opus One) Very dark red violet color; rich, tart plum, tart black currant, pencil lead nose; maturing, tart plum, tart black currant, pencil lead, mineral palate; medium-plus finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    5/25/2003 (link) 93 points

    (Opus One) 1994 Cali Cabs Blindtasted (Screaming Eagle, Harlan, Bryant, Araujo, Abreu, Shafer HS) (Skirball Center, Los Angeles, California): Medium dark red violet color; lovely, elegant nose; nice berry, cedar, herbaceous palate that thins out mid-palate, soft tannins; medium finish

Wine Definition

  • Vintage 1994
  • 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 753604062027, 753604062034, 753604062041, 753604062096, 753604062102, 753604062119, 753604062126, 753604062942, 753604062997

Community Holdings

  • Pending Delivery 13 (0%)
  • In Cellars 2,705 (63%)
  • Consumed 1,552 (36%)

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