Opus One, Overture Size:6x750ml A beautifully complex

A beautifully complex

This easy to like effort should repay a few years of keeping though it could also be enjoyed shortly after release

(mostly from Les Chenevottes proper plus a small amount of Les Bondues)

which features red berry fruit and hints of tobacco

Opus One, Overture Size:6x750ml A beautifully complexFull bottle 1,363 g. This 2022 release of Opus One's non vintage second wine is a blend of 2019 and 2018. 95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc. Aged for 18 months in French oak. Transparent crimson. Warm red fruit nose with some herbal quality and a little briariness somehow. Sweet palate entry and only just sufficient acidity for my taste but only the lightest of tannins. This seems ready to drink already although