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Opus One, Napa Valley

About 25,000 cases a year with Bordeaux-style distribution: Napa's liquidity leader.

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Opus One, Oakville
Jim Gateley · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0

Opus One is a Cabernet-led Bordeaux blend from the estate's Oakville vineyards including To Kalon parcels, aged about 18 months in new French oak. Its ≈ 25,000-case production and distribution through the Place de Bordeaux since 2004 make it the most traded Napa wine.

Made by
Opus One
From
Oakville, Napa Valley
Style
RedCabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec
Bottles made in a typical year
300K
The kind of wine

Napa cult Cabernet

A small-production Cabernet Sauvignon from the best land in Napa Valley, sold mostly to a private mailing list.

What a bottle like this costs to make

A glass of dark red wine on a winery terrace above vineyards and golden hills at sunset

Good years and bad

One square for each year. The darker the square, the better the weather was for the grapes. Tap a year to read about it.

202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009200820072006200520042003200220012000199919981997199619951994
ExceptionalExcellentVery goodGoodMixedDifficult
The essentials

The wine and its economics

Opus One is a Cabernet-led Bordeaux blend from the estate's Oakville vineyards including To Kalon parcels, aged about 18 months in new French oak. Its ≈ 25,000-case production and distribution through the Place de Bordeaux since 2004 make it the most traded Napa wine.

Every year in a tableHow each year was rated, and the price the producer first asked
VintageHow the year was ratedRelease priceHow rare (0–100)The growing season
2023Very Good — 27
2022Mixed — 27
2021Excellent — 28
2020Difficult — 28The Glass and LNU fires; smoke taint led several cult estates to release no wine from the…
2019Excellent — 28
2018Excellent — 29
2017Mixed — 29Heat spike at harvest and the October fires; several estates released reduced quantities.
2016Excellent — 30
2015Very Good — 30
2014Excellent — 31
2013Exceptional — 31Long, even season; widely rated among Napa's best.
2012Excellent — 32
2011Difficult — 32Cool, wet, late; rot at harvest; many estates made little or declassified.
2010Good — 32
2009Very Good — 32
2008Good — 33
2007Excellent — 33
2006Very Good — 33
2005Very Good — 33
2004Very Good — 34
2003Good — 34
2002Excellent — 34
2001Excellent — 34
2000Good — 34
1999Very Good — 35
1998Mixed — 35
1997Excellent — 35
1996Very Good — 35
1995Very Good — 36
1994Excellent — 36
1993Good — 36
1992Very Good — 36
1991Excellent — 36
1990Very Good — 37
 Release price is what the producer first asked for a bottle. A dash means no price was published.

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What does this wine cost to make?Our estimate: $26–$80 a bottle

We estimate it costs about $26 to $80 to make one bottle of a wine like this. The price in the shop is far higher because the land is scarce, the name is famous, and many hands take a share on the way to you.

ComponentLowHigh
Imputed land cost$3.82$16.44
Vineyard operations$5.79$18.46
Oak barrels$0.69$1.67
Winemaking labour and cellar work$3.00$6.00
Cellar aging$1.28$3.20
Bottle, closure, label, case and bottling$5.40$14.40
Winery overhead$4.00$10.00
Financing over the aging period$1.53$9.82
Estimated winery production cost$25.51$79.98
 One standard bottle, at the winery door. Built in US dollars and shown in your chosen currency.

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Recent auction resultsWhat bottles of this wine fetched when collectors sold them
Sale dateVintageHouse and saleFormatLot pricePer bottle
Jul 20261996Christie'sFine & Rare Wines: Featuring The Reserve Cellar and 50th Anniversary Wines Direct From Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (sale 24555) · lot 15115 × 37.5 cl$1,000$200 with premium
Jul 20262010Christie'sFine & Rare Wines: Featuring The Reserve Cellar and 50th Anniversary Wines Direct From Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (sale 24555) · lot 15105 × 75 cl$2,000$400 with premium
Jul 20262013Christie'sFine & Rare Wines: Featuring The Reserve Cellar and 50th Anniversary Wines Direct From Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (sale 24555) · lot 150911 × 75 cl$4,375$398 with premium
Jun 20262017Christie'sThe Opulent Cellar: Online (sale 24463) · lot 62912 × 75 cl≈$4,460≈$372 with premium
Jun 20262016Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online Day 2: Featuring a Collection Direct from González Byass (sale 25045) · lot 10916 × 75 cl≈$2,150≈$358 with premium
Apr 20262010Christie'sThe Cellar of an Obsessive Collector Part II: Online (sale 24715) · lot 8281 × 75 cl≈$414≈$414 with premium
Nov 20251999Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online Featuring The Sierra Cellar (sale 23961) · lot 5911 × 75 cl$375$375 with premium
Nov 20251998Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online Featuring The Sierra Cellar (sale 23961) · lot 5901 × 75 cl$312$312 with premium
Nov 20251994Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online Featuring The Sierra Cellar (sale 23961) · lot 5892 × 75 cl$750$375 with premium
Nov 20251991Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online Featuring The Sierra Cellar (sale 23961) · lot 5872 × 75 cl$750$375 with premium
Oct 20252014Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: London Edition (sale 24578) · lot 3456 × 150 cl≈$3,638≈$606 with premium
Oct 20252012Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online: Hong Kong Edition (sale 23826) · lot 4656 × 75 cl≈$2,230≈$372 with premium
 Prices are in the currency of each sale. Christie’s and Sotheby’s include the buyer’s fee; Hart Davis Hart shows the price before it.

All lots on record

The detailsClassification, grapes, bottle sizes and the rest
Producer
Opus One
Region
Napa Valley
Appellation
Oakville
Classification
Oakville AVA proprietary red
Style
Red
Grape composition
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec≈ 80%+
Bottle sizes
375 · 750 · 1500 · 3000 ml
Bottles made in a typical year
300,000 bottles≈ 25,000 cases, widely reported
First vintage made
1979
Great years
13 of 34 rated excellent or exceptional

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Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon

About 500–600 cases by mailing list: the scarcity benchmark of American wine.
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Dominus

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Sources

  1. Opus One, 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2026.
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