Opus One Winery

United States - 

California - 

Oakville / Napa Valley 

Opus One Napa Valley

81% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc, 6% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, 2% Malbec

Production area: Oakville, Napa Valley - California

Terrain: terreni sedimentari con buona presenza di roccia e frammenti vulcanici

Harvest: manual

Vinification: carefully selected berries are conveyed by gravity to stainless steel tanks located downstairs, variety by variety, vineyard by vineyard. Traditional vinification, with prolonged contact on the skins (21 days) at a controlled temperature

Refinement: at the end of fermentation, the wine is transferred, by gravity, downstairs where aging takes place, for 18 months in French oak barrels and then in the bottle where it remains to perfect its organoleptic characteristics

Color: deep ruby red

Fragrance: Fragrances of fresh cherries, blueberries and blackberries with a touch of dark chocolate

Flavor: Fresh aroma of red fruits, provincial herbs; with notes of black tea and white pepper

Alcoholic Grade: 14% vol

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THE COMPANY

Born in 1979 from the encounter of two men who were symbols of the oenology of the last century: Philippe de Rothschild (the man who reinvented Mouton Rothschild) and Robert Mondavi, one of the pioneers of wine in the United States. Together, the two founders decided to create a single wine aimed at uncompromising quality. The estate vineyards, consisting of four parcels, are located in the western part of Oakville: 100 acres in To Kalon while another 70 acres in the Ballestra and River parcels, surrounding the winery where tradition is perfectly integrated with innovation. Michael Silacci, the winery’s talented winemaker, combines intuition and technical acumen with the dual perspective of winemaker and winemaker, offering wines of great depth each year. A Latin name to make it “easy” for both languages for what is considered the first “great” wine of the new world.