This is a well made wine but I don’t like the blend. To be the cab is pushed far to red right fruit from the Syrah leaving a lean midpalate that gets crushed by blue preserve-like fruit from the cab franc. I will avoid such blends from Ovid in the future.
I rated my first bottle 93 in 2015, although I think this was probably even better? 1st bottle I noted the ovid cab flavors, this time I first thought the smoky, meaty Syrah (29%) Anyway, it was wonderful, balance, smooth, in it's prime.
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Opaque. Red fruits, plum and cool feel on the nose. Add violets and tar on the palate. Good acidity. Vivid and food friendly wine which doesn’t lack depth. Stellar really.
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1/23/2024 - Rick 4 Wine wrote: 91 Points
This is a well made wine but I don’t like the blend. To be the cab is pushed far to red right fruit from the Syrah leaving a lean midpalate that gets crushed by blue preserve-like fruit from the cab franc. I will avoid such blends from Ovid in the future.
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1/9/2019 - michigan dogs Likes this wine: 93 Points
I rated my first bottle 93 in 2015, although I think this was probably even better? 1st bottle I noted the ovid cab flavors, this time I first thought the smoky, meaty Syrah (29%) Anyway, it was wonderful, balance, smooth, in it's prime.
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10/20/2018 - Teknsteel Likes this wine: 94 Points
Opaque. Red fruits, plum and cool feel on the nose. Add violets and tar on the palate. Good acidity. Vivid and food friendly wine which doesn’t lack depth. Stellar really.
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