![]() Given its popularity and brand recognition, it's nice to know that even at a major steak house you can probably find this wine and be thrilled to buy it and drink it. This vintage exhibits a deep garnet color and opens with an enticing bouquet of blackberries, cassis, cedar, and hints of tobacco. It is full-bodied, opulent and, dare I say, delicious. The 2005 Opus One is a remarkable red wine that represents the collaboration between two iconic winemaking families, Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild. It is reaching full maturity at ten years, but I think there is still another 10-15+ years of upside potential in this wine. Of course, it is a popular wine to criticize, but the quality has never been better, and certainly 2005 is a beauty. Complex and medium to full-bodied, with silky tannin and superb purity and balance, this is exactly what Opus One was meant to be when it was first proposed. The 2005 Opus One, a blend of 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 1% Malbec, has a ruby/purple color and a beautiful, sweet nose of cr̩me de cassis and spring flowers. Nasce cosi Opus One, Il mito dei vini californiani. This singular mission shapes every vintage, today and for generations to come. Robert Mondavi (left) and Baron Rothschild: two geniuses of winemaking made a unique joint venture 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. The wine was called napamedoc until 1982 when it was named Opus One. Opus One 2005 was a joint venture between Robert Mondavi and the late Baron Philippe de Rothschild. ![]() Together, our founders set out to create a single wine dedicated to the pursuit of uncompromising quality. Opus One Winery is a winery in Oakville, California, United States. 25 anni fa, Robert Mondavi e il barone Philippe de Rothschild hanno deciso di combinare il savoir-faire di Bordeaux con il magnifico terroir della Nappa Valley in California. Opus One is the realized dream of two men: Baron Philippe de Rothschild of Chateau Mouton Rothschild in Bordeaux and Napa Valley vintner Robert Mondavi. And after so many years, it represents the pinnacle of French viticultural knowledge combined with that of California and Napa's Shangri La-like microclimate. 'I fan di Opus lo ameranno' - Wine Spectator. Over the last ten or more years, the administration at Mouton Rothschild, particularly the team led by Philippe Dhalluin, has truly pushed the level of quality to the point where this is clearly one of the great wines of Napa. After additional family squabbles and several years of fluctuating wine sales, Mondavi sold his company in 2004 to Constellation Brands for 1.3 billion. Robert Parker: This famous wine, first created by the late Baron Philippe de Rothschild and the late Robert Mondavi, started off life as a very good, but rarely exceptional wine. Mondavi also collaborated with winemakers in Chile, Australia, and Italy. This first Opus One was made and aged in barrels at the Robert Mondavi Winery until the fall of 1991, when the winery celebrated its grand opening and first harvest in the new facility. 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 1% Malbec Mouton-Rothschild’s winemaker, Lucien Sionneau, and Timothy Mondavi made the partnership’s first vintage at the Robert Mondavi Winery in 1979.
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