2019 OVID Napa Valley
Jeb Dunnuck
Insanely pure, full-bodied, and perfectly balanced, with fine tannins, this is another heavenly wine from this team.
Another perfect wine is the 2019 OVID. Incredibly perfumed, nuanced, and complex, it has ripe black and blue fruits as well as notes of gravelly earth, tobacco, lead pencil shavings, and truffle. Insanely pure, full-bodied, and perfectly balanced, with fine tannins, this is another heavenly wine from this team. Give it 4-5 years and enjoy over the following two decades. 100 points.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Deep garnet-purple colored, it comes bounding out with bold scents of juicy blackberries, blackcurrant jelly, and boysenberries, followed by nuances of camphor, wild sage, and pencil shavings. The full-bodied palate is bursting with bold fruits and savory accents, supported by ripe, grainy tannins and just enough freshness, finished with epic length. 98 points.
2021 OVID Napa Valley
Jonathan Cristaldi
A pedigreed wine characterised by balance, intensity, and complexity.
Comprising 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc, 6% Merlot, and 4% Petit Verdot, the wine is aged 20 months in 66% new French oak. It is full-bodied with ripe, chewy tannins that assert themselves on entry but gradually soften, revealing a beautifully layered wine with mineral-infused mulberry fruit and green tobacco aromas. A pedigreed wine characterised by balance, intensity, and complexity. 100 points.
Jeb Dunnuck
Insanely pure, it offers kaleidoscope-like aromatics.
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. 100 points.
2022 OVID Napa Valley
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Bright red-toned fruit, crushed flowers and forest floor notes open first. The 2022 is bright, sleek, polished and silky, in classic OVID style.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Deep garnet in color, it erupts from the glass with powerful scents of black currant cordial, blueberry preserves, and chocolate mint, followed by hints of Chinese five spice, cedar, and lavender oil. The full-bodied palate is densely packed with black fruit and exotic spice layers, framed by firm, plush tannins and bags of freshness, finishing very long and opulent.