2013 Opus One, Napa Valley 1x750ml

Robert Parker 98

Deep garnet colored, the 2013 Opus One needs a little swirling before exploding with preserved black and blue fruitsa blueberry compote, blackberry pie and blackcurrant cordiala giving way to notes of unsmoked cigars, new leather, beef drippings and menthol with wafts of roasted rosemary and rose oil. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is both powerful and ethereal, charged with energy and backed up by profound black fruits, supported with plush tannins and seamless freshness, finishing very long and beautifully perfumed. [Lisa Perrotti-Brown, 22/02/2021]

Anticipated maturity: 2021-2046

Vinous 97

The 2013 is a powerhouse. Dense, heady and massively structured, the 2013 is impossibly young. Huge swaths of tannin wrap around a core of intense dark red fruit in this potent, brooding wine. Graphite, smoke, cedar and tobacco run through this virile, statuesque wine. The wine’s sheer youthful intensity is truly remarkable. I wouldn’t dream of touching a bottle before age ten, and even that may not be enough. The 2013 Opus One is shaping up to be an iconic wine. [Antonio Galloni, 14/12/2018]

Anticipated maturity: 2023-2043