Napa icon Opus One going back to 1990 – Tuesday 14th October

Few wines in recent history have generated such headlines as Opus One did when the inaugural vintage was released in 1980.

Founded two years previously, the venture was a groundbreaking collaboration between two titans of the wine world: Baron Philippe de Rothschild, proprietor of Château Mouton-Rothschild, and Robert Mondavi, the pioneer of modern Californian wine.

While today, cross-country collaborations are more common, in 1980, such an initiative was almost unheard of – and marked an astonishing leap of faith by the Bordeaux first growth.

The pair’s shared vision was to create a single, ultra-premium wine that would marry the finesse and tradition of Bordeaux with the ripeness and energy of California fruit. That fruit was sourced from Bordeaux varieties among Mondavi’s holdings in the famous To Kalon vineyard, along with other top Napa Valley sites, while the famous winery was sited conspicuously just off the famous Highway 29, in the heart of the region’s prime Cabernet Sauvignon territory.

Opus One’s philosophy has remained consistent ever since – to produce a single flagship Bordeaux blend each vintage, aged extensively in French oak and designed for both early approachability and long-term cellaring.

We are thrilled to welcome Opus One CEO Christopher Lynch to the Club for an eight-vintage vertical tasting of this storied wine, including three vintages from the 1990s, each served in Imperial (6-litre) format. These Imperials have been held in our reserves since 2018, sourced directly from California for an occasion as special as this.

Join us for what promises to be a very special evening, as we continue our line-up of headline-making events to mark our 10th anniversary.

The wines we’ll be tasting:
2006 Opus One, Napa Valley, California
2010 Opus One, Napa Valley, California
2013 Opus One, Napa Valley, California
2015 Opus One, Napa Valley, California
2018 Opus One, Napa Valley, California
1990 Opus One, Napa Valley, California (served in Imperial)
1991 Opus One, Napa Valley, California (served in Imperial)
1997 Opus One, Napa Valley, California (served in Imperial)

Tuesday 14th October
St James’s Room
18:30 – Welcome Drink
19:00 – Masterclass starts
20:30 – Masterclass ends

Please note, tickets for this tasting are refundable for cancellations up to 1 month before the event. Cancellations must be made in writing to [email protected]. Any cancellations within 1 month of the event are non-refundable unless 67 Pall Mall resells the ticket to another Member. This is only possible when the event is sold out and there is a waiting list.

Please note that once your order is placed, your ticket status will display as “processing” until after the event, when your member account is then charged. You will receive an email confirmation after ordering your tickets, stating that your order is being processed – please take this as full confirmation that your booking has been finalised. For any questions, please reach out to [email protected].