Did you notice how hard it’s getting to find Champagne worth a damn for under 50 bucks out there?

Unless you’re an Operative on Wine Spies.

Then, we get you EXCLUSIVE access today to the Opus One house bubbly!

You read that right, this is the go-to Champagne at that Napa legacy institution because it’s ‘in the Rothschild family’ - a name the world knows well from Bordeaux 1st growths Lafite & Mouton!

Now as if that’s not an endorsement big enough, it also happens to be the Official Champagne of Ritz-Carlton®

The Rothschilds see Champagnes exactly like their other flagships. No expenses are spared to assure that the name on the bottle means one and only one thing - the shield of honor - is never compromised. Since Napoleonic times, they have been the noblest banking family in Europe, and all their enterprises are built on principles of the family motto: Concordia, Integritas, Industria (Unity, Integrity, Commerce.)

When they ‘banked’ on Champagne at the turn of this century, everyone knew they would get it right.

And they did. Ingeniously, by joining forces…

Antonio Galloni’s Vinous explains “Barons de Rothschild (note the plural) brings together the three branches of the family - Baron Philippe Sereys of Mouton, Baron Eric of Lafite and Baron Benjamin and his wife, Ariane, of Clarke and the Edmond de Rothschild Group. The wines I tasted made it clear this is a serious and highly ambitious project… especially vinous Champagne that is also a perfect example of a trend… the more adventurous style often seen in the most progressive of the grower Domaines.”

Did we say crazy good price?! Wish we could keep this one around year-round, alas… let’s all drink like a Baron, while we can.

93 Points – Wine Enthusiast

“This Champagne, made for the three Bordeaux winemaking branches of the Rothschild family, is beautifully mature. It has richness, toast, and elegance along with hints of brighter fruitiness. Crisply textured at the end while adding acidity to the mix, it is ready to drink.”