#Opus one wine install
#Opus one wine update

Just on the other side of those walls, the wine begins its second year of barrel aging in ideal cellar conditions.Īn allée leads out from the Gallery, and the architecture ushers guests toward the heart of the winery – the Opus One Tasting Room. On the lower level of Opus One, classic metal sconces focus parabolas of light against the stark walls of the Gallery. These exquisite flowers complement the winery without interfering with the winemaking. Scentless orchids are placed throughout Opus One. At the foot of the bright stairwell, a faint scent of oak greets the senses for the first time.Ī lush orchid is in bloom on a round table at the center of the stairwell. The wine is aged on the lower level in the cool of the winery’s cellars. The descent from the naturally lit Rotunda to the dimly lit subterranean level is dramatic – and purposeful. One element of style that helps create this elegant mood is the use of mirror images – a device consistently used in classical European architecture. The stairwell, like the upper level of the winery, has a formal feeling, even though contemporary, light and understated. At its center, softly dappled light pours through a pyramidal skylight, illuminating the spiral stairway that leads down to the Gallery - the main entry to the cellar level of Opus One. The Rotunda, with its glazed yellow interior, has an inviting, comfortable ambiance. The building’s architect, Scott Johnson, refers to Opus One as being “introverted, like a jewel box.” Its hemispheric form nestles in the earth and is surrounded by a grassy berm. Similarly, the winery itself is integrated into the land around it. The balusters are “cast” in negative space. The Eastern perspective that an object and the space around it are of equal importance is reflected in the balustrade of the spiral stairway. As elsewhere in Opus One, hand-plastered walls and ceilings are finished with a gesso of pale yet luminous yellow. A room furnished with seeming contradictions, the Salon is a deft merging of Old and New World sensibilities. Brightly-glazed, modern ceramics line a fifteenth-century limestone mantel. In the Salon, the winery’s most formal space, eighteenth-century Italian opera chairs face contemporary chenille sofas and suede seating. And just as it honors the land, it honors the light. The quiet profile of Opus One blends with the natural surroundings – the vineyards and rolling hills of the Napa Valley. Modern materials – California redwood and stainless steel – are juxtaposed against cream-colored Texas limestone. The winery, like the wine, joins New World and Old World aesthetics.

Through constant monitoring of air quality, temperature, and humidity, the system ensures the quality and integrity of the legendary Opus One wine throughout its aging process.Defined by colonnades on either side, a central courtyard introduces an architectural motif found throughout the building. The intelligent system alarms operational staff when environmental conditions, critical to the quality of the wine, are not being met, allowing for quick intervention.

#Opus one wine install

Based on Syserco’s experience in systems which control critical environments, Opus One chose Syserco to install and maintain an advanced Alerton Building Automation System to control and monitor the facility’s critical process operations.

#Opus one wine update

In 2008, Opus One decided to update their HVAC equipment and systems to ensure ideal conditions for wine production and storage. Because the winery produces just one type of wine, which takes at least three years to age, the control of the barrel rooms’ temperature and humidity are critical to the success of the business. This proved impossible when they learned that the water table on the property is extremely high and near geothermal springs that raise the ground temperature to above 72 degrees.

A collaborative joint venture between Baron Philippe de Rothschild and the Robert Mondavi Winery, the 70,000 square foot, low profile structure is an elite wine production facility and event and tasting destination.īuilt in 1991, its engineers originally planned to use natural cooling throughout its underground barrel rooms. Set on 100 acres of vineyards in the heart of the Napa Valley, the Opus One Winery is a unique blend of California architecture and French Modernism.