Opus One - 2014 (750ml)

96 points Robert Parker

Deep garnet colored, the 2014 Opus One opens with youthful notes of warm blackberries, chocolate-covered cherries, redcurrant jelly and blackcurrant pastilles with hints of bay leaves, tobacco leaf and underbrush. Medium to full-bodied, firm and grainy with a lively backbone and tightly wound black and red berry layers, it finishes with a compelling herbal lift.

95 points Wine Spectator

So expressive, this lets sage, savory, thyme, violet and rose petal notes spill forth, backed up with a bountiful core of fleshy, gently mulled blackberry and black currant fruit. The structure is a shade less polished than 2013 and 2015 but harmonizes easily with the savory and fruit notes through the long finish of smoldering earth. An overlooked year. Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Malbec. -- Non-blind Opus One vertical (July 2025). Drink now through 2040. 27,000 cases made.