Opus One is one of the most iconic American wines of all time. But if you haven’t noticed, the price of it has absolutely skyrocketed over the past decade or so. I remember thinking no one was going to buy Opus One for $200/bottle – now it goes for anywhere around $450-650/bottle. It’s bananas.
While there’s hardly a time that I’d recommend the Opus One, I have no problem suggesting the lights-out second wine from this epic winery – the Operture. And as if this could get any better, this is the first time in the 30+ years of this wine being made that the team felt like a vintage was so good, that it had to be bottled by itself. I present to you the 2021 Overture.