Opus One Overture Release
From Napa Valley
| Vintage: | 2020 |
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| Winery: | Opus One |
| Description: | Price includes complimentary ground shipping on 6+ bottles. Winery Notes: "Opus One's Overture combines special lots of their Cabernet across multiple vintages and offers collectors the chance to enjoy an elegantly-balanced expression of this world-famous fruit in an approachable style + price. The winery describes this bottling as: "A timeless expression of our estate vineyards, Overture is full bodied but approachable in its youth. Overture shows generous dark fruit aromas and flavors with a soft, supple mid-palate.". Background. Château Mouton Rothschild winemaker Lucien Sionneau and Robert Mondavi's son Timothy made the partnership's first vintage at the Robert Mondavi Winery in 1979. The following year the partners officially announced their joint venture. In 1981 a single case of the joint venture wine sold for $24,000 at the first Napa Valley Wine Auction – the highest price ever paid for a California wine. In 1982 Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild began label design. The partners agreed to choose a name of Latin origin for the joint venture, allowing for easy recognition in both English and French. Baron Philippe announced his choice, "Opus," a musical expression denoting the first masterwork of a composer. Two days later he proposed an additional word: "Opus One". The 1979 and 1980 vintages were simultaneously unveiled in 1984 as Opus One's first release. Opus One then became known as America's first ultra-premium wine, establishing a category of wine priced by the bottle at $50 and above. |
| Price: | $ 140.00 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Previously available from Porthos
| Address: |
4326 Redwood Hwy #300 San Rafael, CA 94903 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 866-767-8467 |
| Telephone (regular): | 415-454-2115 |
| Fax: | 415-454-1548 |
First added to 1000 Corks on August 25, 2020.
This product was inactivated February 17, 2021.
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