Been a member for a year now. AO is one of my favo...

Been a member for a year now. AO is one of my favourite Bordeaux style producers while keeping Napa characteristics.

The tasting experience can be a hit or miss based on your host; very good most of the times. Book the private tasting if you can, it will be a totally elevated experience. In term of wine their base wines are good quality, Proprietary Red, Left Bank, Library Cab. If you didn't do private tasting, I'd recommend bringing your own buttery snacks, as their crackers won't help much with their high tannin wines. They also used to produce many outstanding single vineyards from Beckstoffer if you can get a hand on. Their recent single vineyards are no where nearly as good imo.