Beautiful intense dark garnet color, bright and limpid wine. Before stirring: nice fresh fruit, quite bright. After stirring: spicy notes reminiscent of curry with, at this stage, notes of brioche and toast aging. The attack is fresh and expressive. The structure is tight with powerful and tender tannins at the same time, provided by the beautiful...

One of the highlights among the more recent releases, the 2010 Opus One is flat-out gorgeous. Dark cherries, plums, graphite, cassis and pencil shavings are all woven together in a fabric of notable class and elegance. The 2010 stands out for its exceptional minerality, tension and pure power. Readers will have to be patient. This is a picture perfect...