Robert Parker calls it not only “one of the great wines of Napa,” but “the pinnacle of French viticultural knowledge combined with that of California and Napa’s Shangri La-like microclimate.” Grown on the estate’s four vineyard plots-the Ballestra and River Parcels, which flank the winery, as well as To Kalon North and South across Highway 29-the Left Bank-style blend is one of the most coveted, envied, and emulated wines on the planet. Since its first vintage in 1979, Opus One has become the red wine that represents California to the world.
And finally, it would be different and unique. Second, it would reflect the partnership between the Mondavi and Rothschild families. The two luminaries struck a partnership eight years later, and agreed on a simple three-point philosophy: First, Opus One would be a classic Bordeaux-style wine. When he met Robert Mondavi in 1970, Baron Philippe knew he had his man. The Opus One story began when Baron Philippe de Rothschild (of Bordeaux First Growth Mouton Rothschild) conceived of a Bordeaux-Napa Valley project. James Suckling put it simply in his review: "One of the best Opus' in years." Varietals: Cabernet Sauvignon 79, Cabernet Franc 7. Opus One is the realized dream of two men: Baron Philippe de Rothschild of Chateau Mouton Rothschild in Bordeaux and Napa.
OPUS ONE CAB 2012 PLUS
Hints of mint too, plus hazelnut and chocolate. We’re thrilled to announce that our visit yielded the kind of allocation that normally only comes at auction: Rare bottles of the 2012 Opus One, direct from the winery cellars and shipping with perfect provenance. This refined and age-worthy wine offers lively acidity and a sturdy structure with a long lingering finish. Glorious purity of fruit here with black currants, blueberries, dark chocolate, fresh herbs and forest floor. Everyone in the company headed north on Silverado Trail to the Oakville AVA, to make our first official visit to the pristine winery that brought First Growth Bordeaux and the best of Napa Valley together: Opus One. Napa producers like Alpha Omega, Opus One, and Joseph Phelps are known for making food-friendly Cabernet wines of exceptional quality and depth of flavor. So on a beautiful August day, the Wine Access offices in the town of Napa emptied. But realistically, we’d been looking forward to it for years. This cookie is native to PHP and enables websites to store serialised state data.Technically, we’d had the appointment for about a month. Technical cookies required by CDN provider Cloudflare, to ensure that websites visitors connecting the Crisp Chat are routed to the same server everytime when going to your website. This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. This cookie helps keep user sessions open while they are visiting a website, and help them make orders and many more operations such as: cookie add date, selected language, used currency, last product category visited, last seen products, client identification, name, first name, encrypted password, email linked to the account, shopping cart identification. It is used to establish a user session and to pass state data via a temporary cookie, which is commonly referred to as a session cookie. This cookie is native to PHP and enables websites to store serialised state data. Without this cookie, the customer would have a new chat session everytime he switchs to a new page.Ĭookie used to identify a session instance for the user. The 2012 has just been bottled, but it is superb. Opus One Red Wine is a luxurious and highly sought-after blend of Bordeaux varietals. Fine, silky tannins support the huge, creamy finish. Opus One Winery is a winery in Oakville, California, United States. Dark red and black fruit, smoke, cedar, new leather and tobacco all meld together as the 2012 shows off its personality. Used to make the Crisp Chat consistant when going to your website. Rich, powerful and seductive, the 2012 Opus One blossoms in the glass with superb textural richness and volume. Disables features for Crisp Chat that are having too many visitors at the same time
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