Seamless and pillowy mid-palate, the wine effortlessly glides across the drinking experience. The nose is utterly captivating with green bell pepper alongside shades of fresh sage, cassis and mocha tones that all take shape in the glass. Drink 2021-2036- 94Ģ018 Opus One Red Wine- The 2018 Opus One Red Wine is an utterly captivating wine that blends 84% Cabernet Sauvignon with smaller parts Petit Verdot, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and a dollop of Malbec. With a seamless texture this beautiful wine has another fifteen years in front of it. The wine is already beautifully evolved and shows tar and sandalwood tones alongside cassis and ripe boysenberry flavors. MV Overture Red Wine- The MV Overture red wine blends all five Bordeaux varietals and is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon (86%) sourced from the 2014-16 vintages. Learn more about Opus One at Here are my notes of the gorgeous new release by Opus One. Seamless with its beautiful texture this beautiful wine has decades to go. Silacci has blended in a larger portion of Petit Verdot this vintage which gives the wine a lovely herbal undertone and light green bell pepper tones that evoke a Bordelaise edge. The new 2018 Opus One (OB, 98) was taken from a really great warm vintage in Napa and this edition captures the warmth of the vintage but shows the classic restraint and tension that Opus One is known for. That wine will surely be at least a 20 year old wine. While at the winery recently I checked in with the absolutely stunning 2008 Opus One, a wine that is slowly moving into secondary tones of leather and tilled soils. He crafts some elegant, rich Napa Cabernet blends that will stand the test of time.
Last year I had the chance to taste with famed Opus One winemaker Michael Silacci ( ). This includes two sites comprising roughly 100 acres within the famed ‘To Kalon Vineyard’ and their ‘Ballestra’ and ‘River’ parcels comprising 70 acres which envelop the winery. Opus One sources from four estate vineyards. Opus One produces only one wine and a second wine (Overture) – both of which are typically a Bordeaux blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot. At the time Opus One was the first ultra-premium California wine to be sold in France and Internationally. A silky and structured mouthfeel with a pinch of tannins and generous red and dark berry fruit flavours.A famed partnership between Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild, Opus One crafted their first vintage in 1979. Supple bouquet with clear ripe blackberry and cassis, tempered by white pepper spice and smoked cedar notes. It's a hugely complex wine that complements the freshness of younger vintages with the depth of more mature wines.ĭeep blood red colour. The blending of wine-lots across vintages and extended barrel ageing give Overture a supple structure and silky texture. By marrying multiple vintages, it yield a softer, rounder expression of their estate compared to their flagship Opus One wine. The classic blackberry and cassis character of Cabernet Sauvignon melds seamlessly with the black cherry, red currant and violet from the Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. Overture is a timeless reflection of the Opus One estate vineyards. After 18 months of ageing, the wine is bottled and held an additional 15 months until its release on October 1 st each year. Unlike Opus One, which only ages in new French Oak barrels, Overture ages in French oak barrels that have been used before. Overture is Opus One's second wine, using grapes from the densely planted estate vineyards that surround the winery. The grapes are hand-harvested in individual lots, and then each lot is sorted and fermented separately, requiring over three dozen giant steel fermentation tanks. Rather than being sorted by hand, harvested grapes are processed by a custom-made optical sorter, which uses cameras to analyse the size, shape, and colour of every grape. The winery was established in 1978 and uses its state-of-the-art facilities to produce two wines only: Opus One and Overture.Ī stunning blend of five varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. Located in Oakville, California, Opus One was an ambitious joint venture between two of the world’s most esteemed winemaking figures: Robert Mondavi and the late Baron Philippe de Rothschild. Without a doubt, Opus One is one of Napa's most famous wineries.
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