Opus One Red Blend Oakville Napa Valley 2022

Opus One Red Blend Oakville Napa Valley 2022The 97 point 2022 Opus One effort is about as sophisticated, collectible, and cellar worthy as any Opus One release in their noble history. With 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot, 6. 5% Cabernet Franc, 5% Merlot, and a sprinkling of 0. 5% Malbec, this is pure charm in the glass with feathery soft tannins and a mind meltingly long finish.

Their Tenuta I Colli estate has been in the family for 23 generations – as it was the family that built the village surrounding the estate back in the 1400s

Founded in 1906 by Luigi Nervi in the heart of Gattinara – a historic Northern Piemonte appellation cradled by alpine foothills – Nervi-Conterno happens to be the longest-standing winery in the Gattinara DOCG

powerful vintage” with reds that are “lush

that were buried 40 to 60 centimeters deep beneath the soils that were plowed before these vines were eventually planted at the site

Only 10 cases available

Castillo Perelada has produced wines here since the Middle Ages – with an entire library documenting the methods

excellent Italian melty truffle cheese (easily found)

The Manzone family took on the vineyard and have been making this single plot as a standalone wine ever since

completely delicious piedirosso grape – grown on the ashen

vibrant wines after a toasty growing year

later becoming a professional footballer and spending time traveling in Denmark

with a core of black cherry