2010 Ovid Proprietary Red Napa Valley

2010 was an unusually long and cool growing season in Napa Valley. At OVID, this more European-styled season of delay rewarded our extraordinary PATIENCE and meticulous care, yielding strong and tender grapes that were optimally RIPENED.

The MAKING of the 2010 Ovid Napa Valley wine demanded the same combination of patience and DEVOTION, and the wine itself was an ONGOING REVELATION. dense and balanced from the start, the wine’s eloquence and beauty INTENSIFIED with each month of barrel age.

First the BERRY fruit flavors came forward, then the more complex aromatics slowly UNFOLDED–until at last it emerged as a VIBRANT, harmonious and exquisitely balanced expression of our PRITCHARD HILL terroir.

The 2010 Ovid Napa Valley is a WINE that is immediately appealing. It will also REWARD patient cellaring for the next 15–20 years.

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