![]() Through all of the training and helping customers who wanted the best wines that were produced, I always headed to Northern California. This ego-deflating task would drive me to learn as much as I could, and as fast as I could, about the wines of the world. If you didn’t know anything about the varietal or region of a wine a customer needed, the policy was to find someone who did. The level of wine expertise one needed to help a customer was prudent. Through my college years, I worked for one of the most renowned California wine stores, Morry of Naples, located in Long Beach. The ownership of my first Opus One comes from a very generous person I met. Opus One has earned great acclaim over the years. Even the label represents an assembly of the two legendary families since the label shows a silhouetted profile of both Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild. The inspiration was a long-time vision of both winemaking families, and from Opus One’s first vintage in 1979, in Oakville, California, it was clear that the idea was to make a wine with an appeal that signified the best of both Bordeaux and Napa Valley. The undertaking from the beginning is one of the most famous in modern winemaking history.įounded in 1979, Opus One was a combined endeavor between Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild from legendary Chateau Mouton Rothschild. It’s one of the most well-known California wineries in the world. Why I haven’t written about them before is lost on me. The winery choice for this review is a top 5 favorite of mine. Louis Roederer Cristal, Champagne, 2005.Marcassin, Three Sisters Chardonnay, 2010.Kosta Browne, One Sixteen, Chardonnay, 2009.Domaine Grand Veneur, Cateauneuf du Pape, 2009.Augusta Winery, Reserva del Patron, 2009.Kosta Browne, Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir, 2009.Kosta Browne, 4-Barrel Pinot Noir, 2006.Maybach, Materium, Cabernet Sauvignon, 2005.Château Mouton Rothschild, 1993, Bordeaux.Château Mouton Rothschild, 1966, Bordeaux.
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