How long do you want to visit and what do you want to see?ĭo you want to taste the current release or three different wines? How much do you want to spend on the experience? This experience is not for wine lovers seeking out white wines, sweet wines, or a range of different wines. Finally, this wine tasting experience is not for travelers seeking out small, independently owned wineries specializing in bespoke grape varieties.īefore purchasing the Opus One wine tasting or tour experience, you will need to consider the following: This experience is not ideal for wine enthusiasts looking for a fast, boisterous, casual tasting. Wine collectors who want to taste the current vintage of Opus One, one older vintage of Opus One, and/or the winery’s second label Overtureįans of architect Scott Johnson of Johnson, Fain & Pereiraįans of cult Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine Wine enthusiasts who want to see and taste the fruits of the historical collaboration between Napa’s Robert Mondavi and Bordeaux’s Baron Philippe de Rothschild of Château Mouton Rothschild It’s perfect for the following types of travelers: The Opus One tour is ideal for anyone interested in a luxury wine tasting experience. Things to Consider Before Purchasing an Opus One Tasting As the price of wine tours and wine tastings increases, we aim to help our fellow experience seekers know what to expect! In this blog, we’ve put together our insights on the renowned Opus One winery. As fellow wine enthusiasts and seasoned travelers, we understand that anonymous reviews in public travel forums often give little insight into the wine experience (and you often can’t gauge the experience of the person writing the review!). In those years, we have visited Opus One multiple times. This refined and age-worthy wine offers lively acidity and a sturdy structure with a long lingering finish.We’re fortunate to have been visiting the Napa and Sonoma Wine Country for about ten years. The wine's round mouthfeel and satiny tannins wrap around classic flavors of cassis, blackberry and black cherry. The wine effuses dark fruit aromas accentuated by subtler notes of forest-floor and graphite. Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Merlot and Malbec. Finishes with a long, layered aftertaste. The dense core of fruit pushes through a front of rustic graphite and loamy earth. Boasts lovely grain and density but this is currently quite firm-edged, finishing with a cool herbal note and serious tannic spine.Ī Pauillac-like expression from Napa Valley, this features smoky, toasty oak from the get-go, framing the intense flavors of earth, crushed rock and gravelly dried dark berry. Sappy, classically dry and penetrating, showing excellent intensity to the flavors of black fruits, coffee bean, spices and bitter chocolate. Highly perfumed aromas of blackcurrant, violet, coffee, graphite, menthol and leather. I expect the 2012 will offer a long and broad drinking window of pure pleasure.ĭeep red-ruby. The 2012 has just been bottled, but it is superb. Fine, silky tannins support the huge, creamy finish. Dark red and black fruit, smoke, cedar, new leather and tobacco all meld together as the 2012 shows off its personality. Rich, powerful and seductive, the 2012 Opus One blossoms in the glass with superb textural richness and volume. Hard not to drink now but better in 2018. Tight and compacted tannins with beautiful fruit and great length. Full body with seamless tannins and balance. Hints of mint too, plus hazelnut and chocolate. Glorious purity of fruit here with black currants, blueberries, dark chocolate, fresh herbs and forest floor.
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