![]() After a silky entry, dark fruit flavors emerge with hints of baking spice and black olive. The 2014 Opus One exudes subtle aromes of fragrant florals, fresh garden herbs and forest floor that give way to a concentrated blend of red cherry, blackberry, and black currant. Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Malbec. The tannins are firm and gripping, standing out a bit from the core texture. ![]() ![]() Rich and creamy, intense and layered, featuring a mix of blackberry, licorice, mocha, cedar and tobacco flavors, with a touch of gravelly earth. It's quite a serious, savory Opus which will need a few years in the cellar to unwind. On the palate the wine is youthfully taut, with a good line of acidity and fine but assertive tannins. (Antonio Galloni)Ī cool bouquet of fruit compote and wild plum mingles with notes of clove, incense and lilac. In short, the 2014 is a wine of tension, power and grace. The 2014 is not an obvious Opus One, like the 2010, 2012 or 2013, but over time, I will not be surprised if it challenges or even surpasses some of those vintages. A sleeper wine for the year, the 2014 is shaping up to be a gorgeous wine that will handsomely repay several decades of cellaring. The tannins are firm but also impeccably balanced. Savory, tightly wound and intensely aromatic, the 2014 is going to need time to unwind, but it looks like it will develop along the more classic vintages here. The 2014 Opus One has turned out to be a gorgeous wine. Exquisite tension and finesse with an almost Burgundian texture, yet it's Napa in its soul with ripe fruit, stones, spices and Chinese tea leaf flavors. It does not store any personal data.Mesmerizing aromas of flowers, bark, currants and blackberries. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. It wasn’t until 1980, some years after the famed tasting, that Opus One was officially announced – making the headlines of the industry by unveiling this top-notch winery set in Oakville, Napa, where Mondavi had been already making history.ĭecades later, the joint efforts, tradition, dedication and terroir made Opus One become one of the most exclusive wineries in California and the United States. Mondavi had gladly seen the fame boom caused by the Judgment of Paris, the 1976 blind tasting that showcased how Californian fine wines could beat traditional European vintages – much thanks to himself. In 1970, two great minds that helped shaping the course of winemaking in Europe and America met for the first time in Hawaii.īack then, Baron Philippe de Rothschild, the legendary proprietor of Château Mouton-Rothschild, and Robert Mondavi, the winemaker who shaped the Napa Valley AVA as birthplace of some of the world’s finest wines, started planning a joint venture, but kept going separate paths for almost a decade. I’m Breno, producer and editor at Alti Wine Exchange, and this is the story of Opus One – a perfect merge between the Old and the New World of wine into one grand opus. So that is why we are ecstatic to bring three fantastic wines by Opus One as the August offer for members of our Wine Club: the wonderful 20 vintages of its homonymous flagship wine, and its second label, the fantastic Overture. It is no surprise that, when it comes to fine and rare wines, Alti Wine Exchange gives you only the best age-worthy and investment-grade vintages. ![]() Originated from the joint effort of two of the 20th century’s greatest minds of wine, the Napa Valley winery relies on experience, passion and dedication to produce unique blends out of five traditional grapes: the dominant Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Malbec. Opus One is one of the most recognized wineries and producers in California, steadily providing marvelous Bordeaux-style blends that are top rated by the world’s most prestigious critics. Robert Mondavi (left) and Baron Rothschild: two geniuses of winemaking made a unique joint venture
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