Ovid Napa Valley Bordeaux Blend 2021 750ml

Bordeaux Red Blends from Napa Valley, California

Notes from the Winemaker

The 2021 vintage continued the second year of drought in the western United States, and OVID was no exception. A cool February and March pushed budbreak back to historical normal with buds emerging in late March. Temperate weather gave way to a little bit of warmth during bloom, setting clusters that were long and loose – exemplary of ideal bunches. Ample sunlight and a temperate summer coaxed the grapes along and provided ideal ripening weather.

As a result of the superb weather, harvest started a bit early with the first pick in mid-September. We slowly made our way through the estate, enjoying our time in the vines and collecting fruit from each block at its zenith of expression. Our last pick wrapped at the end of the first week of October. This luxurious time and length can be felt in these expansive wines.

Loquacious in its approach, the 2021 OVID Napa Valley offers notes of fresh mulberry, kola nut, blackberry, black cherry, flint and bay laurel that are striking in purity. Broad and enveloping, this wine delivers undeniably delicious power and will continue to tell its vivid, seamless story for decades to come.

Reviews and Accolades

100 Points/Jeb Dunnuck
Insanely pure, it offers kaleidoscope-like aromatics of black and blue fruits, spring flowers, chocolate, burning embers, and bouquet garni. Full-bodied on the palate, it doesn’t get any better, and it’s concentrated, has building tannins, and a monster of a finish. Offering more generosity and opulence than just about every other wine in the vintage, this is a killer bottle of wine! It will make your eyes roll back in your head today, yet will ideally be given 4-5 years of bottle age and will evolve gracefully over the following two decades. Bravo!

98 Points/James Suckling
The purity of fruit and class to this wine is really impressive, with roses, lavender. violets and blackcurrants and a sweet lift. Medium- to full-bodied with very long and racy tannins. They go from the front of your palate to the back. This is so beautiful and graceful yet structured.