Many grapes grow well in Napa’s Mediterranean climate, but the region is best known for Cabernet Sauvignon. Napa Valley’s AVA was established in 1983, and today there are 16 sub-appellations within the Napa Valley AVA. But by the late 1950s and early 1960s Robert Mondavi and other visionaries were producing quality wines easily distinguishable from the mass-produced jug wines made in California’s Central Valley. An infestation of phylloxera, an insect that attacks vine roots, and the onset of Prohibition nearly wiped out the nascent Napa wine industry in the early 20th century. Other winemaking pioneers followed in the late 19th century, including the founders of Charles Krug, Schramsberg, Inglenook and Beaulieu Vineyards. Yount planted grapes and began producing wine commercially. Winemaking started in Napa in 1838 when George C. With nearly 43,000 acres of vineyards and more than 300 wineries, it is the heart of fine wine production in the United States. Napa Valley AVA is the most famous winemaking region in the United States and one of the most prestigious in the world. Heady with an edge of iodine, this is the taste of luxury.
This has real verve but also wonderfully supple tannins. Well-proportioned, showing a grip of fine-grained tannins that will benefit from cellaring. Seductive from the get-go, with a supple entry to the layers of complexity, mixing flavors of mocha, currant, plum, licorice, spice and cedary oak. Graphite, smoke, cedar and tobacco run through this virile, statuesque uly remarkable. Huge swaths of tannin wrap around a core of intense dark red fruit in this potent, brooding wine. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is both powerful and ethereal, charged with energy and backed up by profound black fruits, supported with plush tannins and seamless freshness, finishing very long and beautifully perfumed. a little swirling before exploding with preserved black and blue fruits-blueberry compote, blackberry pie and blackcurrant cordial-giving way to notes of unsmoked cigars, new leather, beef drippings and menthol with wafts of roasted rosemary and rose oil.
2002 OPUS ONE TASTING NOTES FULL
Full body, superb balance of ultra-fine tannins and vibrant acidity. Roses continue to exude opulence and class.
Terrific aromas of crushed black currants, blueberries, and flowers with hints of sweet tobacco.
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