Ovid - Experiment 2011 (750ml) Colline SavonesiAs a poet, Ovid has several remarkable qualities. His great scope and ambition enabled him to seamlessly tie together all of the Greek myths into a single unbroken song in his poem Metamorphoses. And throughout this long text, his poetry is simultaneously dense and rich and extremely fluid and fluent. Each year, when crafting our flagship Ovid Napa Valley blend, we are inspired to recreate these poetic qualities in the wine: to tell a compelling story
This marked a turning point when the Stupino’s were able to renovate the castle cellars and reorganize their vineyards to produce wine according to modern methods
ripe nose of honeydew melon
which in this case takes place in Slavonian oak casks
Full-bodied and intense with a dark-fruited finish
the fruit in the mouth feels plush and ripe but still vibrant and silky
after a few days the fermentation is going strong and the concrete tank is saturated in C02
These slowly fuse with notes of blackberry
The nose offers intense Nice deep red color
Bernardo invested heavily from the start
it is somewhat reminiscent of a modern-day and less forbiddingly structured version of this estate's brilliant 1982
Harvest By hand to small cases of 15 kg
pulling every important feature from the grapes and land and bottling a true expression of terroir
