Winemaker Tim Mondavi has put a great deal of energy into Pinot Noir over the past few years and the results show in the bottle, both in the regular bottling and the Reserve Pinot Noir . The Pinots are velvety smooth and supple wines with great style, perfume and balance. After having been dropped from production in the 1970s, Zinfandel has been re-instated. Opus One in partnership with the Rothschilds, and the Robert Mondavi Woodbridge winery, where inexpensive varietal wines are produced. A new line of alternative wines, called La Famiglia di Robert Mondavi, aimed at a younger market and based chiefly on Italian varieties including Barbera, Sangiovese, Malvasia and Tocai Friulano, has been released in small lots.
Inexpensive varietals are generally drinkable on release.