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The winery was founded as a joint venture between Baron Philippe de Rothschild of Château Mouton Rothschild and Robert Mondavi to create a single Bordeaux style blend based upon Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. It is located across State Route 29 from the Robert Mondavi Winery.
- Opus One Has An Impressive Pedigree.
- Opus One Set Early Napa Valley Auction Records.
- Opus One Produces Just Two Wines.
- Part of The Blend Comes from Napa’s Legendary to Kalon Vineyard.
- Opus One Is Extremely Popular.
- Opus One Takes Technology and Precision to A Whole New level.
- There Is Such A Thing as A $350 Bargain.
- It’S Still Exclusive, though.
- Constellation Brands Now Owns 50 Percent of Opus one.
Opus One started as a New World-Old World partnership between Baron Philippe de Rothschild of Château Mouton Rothschild (Bordeaux), and Robert Mondavi, famed for his eponymous Napa winery. The venture was first suggested by the Baron during a 1970 meeting between the pair in Hawaii, and its fate was sealed when Mondavi visited Rothschild in Bordeau...
At the inaugural Napa Valley Wine Auction in 1981, a 12-bottle case of Opus One sold for $24,000. While that pales in comparison to modern-day auction prices, it was unheard of at the time, especially for a California-made wine.
The flagship Opus One red wine is a Cabernet-dominant Bordeaux blend, which also contains smaller quantities of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, and Merlot. Opus One’s second and only other wine, Overture, is made with the fruit that doesn’t quite make the Opus One grade. Its name is another musical reference, meaning an orchestral piece at th...
The To Kalon vineyard is jointly owned by a number of famed Napa producers. It is generally regardedas the best winemaking land Napa has to offer. In 1981, Mondavi sold part of his share of the vineyard to the newly launched Opus One venture, providing high-quality grapes that serve as the backbone of the blend.
According to Wine-Searcher data, Opus One is the most-searched-for American-made wine in its database. It ranks seventh, meanwhile, among the most-searched-for wines worldwide.
At Opus One’s state-of-the-art facility, the winemaking team goes to painstaking lengths to maintain quality. Grapes are hand-harvested in individual lots — nothing too extreme about that — but, from there, each lot is sorted and fermented separately, requiring over three dozen giant steel fermentation tanks. Rather than being sorted by hand, harve...
All that technology comes with a hefty price tag. The current Opus One vintage (2015) retails on its website for $350. Yet, compared to other “cult” Napa wines, this price is a relative bargain. On Wine-Searcher.com, Screaming Eagle’s Cabernet Sauvignon has an average price listing of $3,619. Harlan Estate’s Bordeaux Blend, meanwhile, is listed at ...
While it might be an “affordable” Napa wine, that doesn’t mean you can stock your cellar full of Opus One. The winery limits each buyer to just six individual bottles or four six-bottle cases.
In 2004, Mondavi sold his eponymous label — which included his 50 percent share in Opus One — to Constellation Brands for $1.36 billion. Today, Opus One is jointly and equally owned by Baron Philippe de Rothschild S.A. and Constellation Brands.
The 1979 Opus One emerges from the glass with pine, menthol, sweet red cherries, tobacco, dried flowers and savory herbs. Deceptively medium in body, the 1979 packs a serious punch on the palate, where it still has fabulous depth and remarkable vigor for a wine of its age.
Oct 31, 2023 · From the Oct 31, 2023, issue. A 70,000-square-foot limestone landmark, Opus One strikes a distinctive sillouette among Napa wineries. The brainchild of Robert Mondavi and Baron Phillippe de Rothschild, Opus One quickly became known around the world for the elegant profiles of both its signature Cabernet Sauvignon and its architectural aesthetic.
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Jan 5, 2023 · Opus One 1991-2022. It’s hard to believe that the wine world’s most famous joint venture—Bordeaux’s Baron Philippe de Rothschild and Napa’s Robert Mondavi—has been producing its iconic label for more than four decades. Opus One remains one of Napa’s largest production, high-quality brands (around 25,000 cases per annum) and must ...
Jan 26, 2011 · Opus One was founded in 1979 as a joint venture by Baron Philippe de Rothschild, legendary proprietor of Chateau Mouton Rothschild (Bordeaux 1st Growth Grand Cru) and Robert Mondavi, to create essentially a Grand Cru Bordeaux in Napa Valley. The winery's logo is perhaps the most recognizable of all American wineries.
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The launch of Opus One, located close to the Robert Mondavi Winery, was a very significant development for the Californian fine wine industry and the first of a few landmark strategic alliances between top Bordeaux chateaux owners and a Napa Valley estate.
