Opus One

Opus One is the most emblematic wine of the Napa Valley, created in 1979 by two of the greatest names in the world of wine: Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild, although it was his daughter, the also deceased Baroness Philippine de Rothschild, who really started the project after the death of her father. Opus One is an opulent and mature wine, with an unmistakable and much appreciated French touch, which goes beyond its typically Bordeaux blend (a mostly cabernet sauvignon blend, with small percentages of merlot, cabernet franc, petit verdot and malbec). It is Bordeaux-style, elegant and refined. A Napa Valley with a Bordeaux soul, or a Bordeaux rooted in Napa Valley, as you prefer to say. Although Opus One has always been considered one of the greatest Californian wines, since Philippe Dhalluin took the technical direction of the entire group of wineries of the Rothschild family (Château Mouton Rothschild, Château Clerc Milon and Château d'Armailhac in Pauillac, Almaviva in Chile, Domaine de Baronarques in Limoux and the same Opus One in Napa Valley), this extraordinary New World cabernet has acquired a particular finesse, thanks to a more precise selection of grapes, microvinifications by plots and the