99 points | James Suckling

The purity of fruit is really something else here, with currants and fresh flowers, such as violets and roses. Flower stems as well. Fantastic length and structure to the wine, with tightness and focus. Wonderful fruit. Graceful. A blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 1% Malbec. Try after 2028. (Dec 2022)

98 points | Decanter

Intensely perfumed on the nose, rose petals, violets, deeply scented and seductive. Rich yet expansive on the palate, very open with dark chocolate, cherries, fragrant blackcurrant – sweet and scented, with satin-like tannins that effortlessly support the flavours. There is a real drive and persistence to this: fresh, youthful and alive with a vibrant juiciness that is so appealing. No one element is too dominant; this feels harmonious and balanced with excellent tangy acidity and a long, minty, herbal finish with edges of tobacco and dark chocolate—a classic Opus with breadth, finesse and energy. Drink 2024 – 2045. (Georgina Hindle, tasted July 2022)

97 points | Jeb Dunnuck

The 2019 Opus One is brilliant and certainly a worthy follow-up to the 2018. Pure cassis fruits, notes of violets, rose petals, and lead pencil, medium to full body, nicely integrated background oak, and terrific tannins all define this beauty, and while it has the vintage’s up-front charm, it’s going to age beautifully for 20+ years as well. The blend is 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot, and the rest Cabernet Franc and Malbec. Drink 2023 – 2045. (tasted Feb 2023)

18+/20 points | Jancis Robinson MW

Transparent crimson – much paler than the average Napa Cab blend. Heady, complex nose with very many more layers than the Overture launched at the same time, September 2022 on the Bordeaux Place. Hints of tobacco leaf as well as very ripe fruit. Really high toned; this could double as a nasal decongestant, I think. Much more pronouned cassis flavours than the Overture even though the proportion of Cabernet is much lower. Sweet palate entry but a real lift and kick on the finish. No heaviness at all. A little less bordelais than the 2018: richer but not concentrated or overripe in the stereotypical Napa Cab idiom. I’d love to see this blind in a line-up with other Napa Cabs. Tannins very well managed with a tiny chewiness on the very end. You could drink it already, but on past performance one has to believe it has ageing potential. Drink 2022 – 2034. (tasted Sept 2022)