![]() This is focused and ready to drink and impresses with its rippling silk texture. It has a gentle but confident tannic frame and mouthwatering lift on the finish. This is supple with clear ripe berry fruits, generous and fully ripe, tempered by white pepper spice and smoked cedar notes. Extended barrel aging gives the wine an elegant texture accentuated by round tannins and a soft mouthfeel. Notes of bright cherry and red currant are underpinned by more earthy tones of ground cocoa, cedar and vanilla. ![]() Overture displays a vibrant garnet color with expressive aromas of fresh red fruit. Yet, when these lots are afforded additional time in barrel along with the added flexibility of blending across multiple vintages, the final wine achieves a remarkable elegance and complexity. Winery Notes: Overture is a timeless reflection of our Opus One estate vineyards. This scrutiny carries through the blending process and certain lots will not be included in the final Opus One blend. A Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley, California. Every acre of the estate vineyard is meticulously farmed with the attention to detail and singular focus required to produce Opus One. 14.0%, Aged: 18 months in small French oak barrels, Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petite Verdot, Malbec from Oakville, Napa Valley.Beginning in 1993 and following in the tradition of great Bordeaux estates, Opus One created a fine second wine called Overture. Notes: Blackberry, Cherry, Currant leaves, Violet, Cocoa, coffee, forest floor.Īlc. It is therefore only the 5th time that we in Denmark can experience a slice of what Opus One is about, without being ruined. Therefore, it has been decided that Overture, which was created in 1993 but has so far been exclusively sold from the vineyard in Napa Valley, will now be scaled up into international trade. Thus, it is assumed that the interest in these years in Japan alone is great enough to buy the entire production! Opus One is sold today with a limitation per customer, and after James Suckling scored 100 points and declared the 2013 vintage the world's best wine in 2016, things have gone crazy. Opus One has achieved cult status and maintained its position despite stubbornly maintaining a proud pricing policy, even in the years when they shrugged their shoulders in Bordeaux and despite the fact that Napa Valley has been gifted with many other wonderful wines since the carpet, went up for Opus One in 1984, when they presented vintages 19 at the same time. Price given is for box with 6 bottles in original wooden case! Overture is the second wine to the iconic Opus One in Oakville, which is the result of perhaps the world's most successful joint ventures between two of the world's biggest and most passionate personalities in wine, Baron Philippe de Rothschild and Robert Mondavi. ![]() 14.0%, Fadlagret: 18 måneder på små franske egetræs fade, Druer: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petite Verdot, Malbec fra Oakville, Napa Valley. Noter: Brombær, Kirsebær, Solbærblade, Viol, Kakao, kaffe, skovbund.Īlc. gang, at vi i Danmark kan opleve en flig af det, som Opus One handler om, uden at blive ruineret. Således antages det, at interessen i disse år alene i Japan er stor nok til at købe hele produktionen!ĭerfor er det besluttet at Overture, der kom til i 1993, men hidtil udelukkende er blevet solgt fra vingården i Napa Valley, nu skal skaleres ud i international handel. kunde, og efter at James Suckling har noteret 100 point og udråbt 2013 årgangen til verdens bedste vin i 2016, så er det gået amok. Opus One sælges i dag med en begrænsning pr. Opus One har opnået kultstatus og bevaret sin position på trods af, at man stædigt fastholdt en stolt prispolitik, også i de år hvor de sænkede skuldrene i Bordeaux og på trods af, at Napa Valley er blevet begavet med mange andre vidunderlige vine siden tæppet, gik op for Opus One i 1984, da man på en og samme gang præsenterede årgang 1979 og 1980. Pris opgivet er for kasse med 6 flasker i original trækasse! Overture er andenvinen til den ikoniske Opus One i Oakville, der er resultatet af verdens måske mest succesfulde joint ventures mellem to af vin verdenens største og mest passionerede personligheder, Baron Philippe de Rothschild og Robert Mondavi. ![]()
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