Nevertheless, modern winemaking and viticultural techniques are sometimes applied at the winery and out in the vineyards, but only after careful examination to determine whether they are indeed better suited to the vintage.
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The vineyards are, for the most part, managed with traditional practices, like manual harvest of the fruit. Today Opus One is produced from four different parcels in the western zone of the Oakville AVA of Napa Valley: two parcels forming the famous 40-hectare To-Kalon vineyard and the River and Ballestra Parcels, which form 28 hectares in total and surround the present-day Opus One Winery.
In 1981, Mondavi sold part of his share of the vineyard to the newly launched Opus One venture, providing high-quality grapes that serve as the backbone of the blend. It is generally regarded as the best winemaking land Napa has to offer. The To Kalon vineyard is jointly owned by a number of famed Napa producers. Of The Blend Comes From Napas Legendary To Kalon Vineyard Following years of planning, they formed a joint venture in 1980, to which Mondavi sold 35 acres from his famous To Kalon vineyard in Oakville, Napa.
It all started in Hawaii at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel in 1970, where Baron Philippe de Rothschild and Robert Mondavi met for the first time. They originally established Opus One to combine the best of Old and New World wine making expertise in one of the most sought after plots in the Napa Valley. Sadly no longer with us, they have both been responsible for great innovation which will continue to shape the fine wine industry for the foreseeable future. The Opus One index is up 33% in the last 5 yearsĬalifornias famous Opus One is the product of the shared vision of two of the most influential winemakers of all time, Chateau Mouton Rothschilds Baron Philippe de Rothschild and Napa Valleys Robert Mondavi.UK remains the largest overseas market for Californian investment wines.Californian investment wines account for 7% of trade share on Liv-ex in 2021.The Liv-ex California 50 index hit an all-time high in August 2021.We look at one of the regions iconic cult wines the product of a marriage between Bordeaux aristocracy and New World talent Opus One. Californias investment wines are enjoying a golden era and the US West Coast is now home to the second most expensive fine wines in the world after Burgundy.
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