2008, Ovid Proprietary Pritchard Hill - magnum 2022 WINEMAKER COMMENTSSourced from the younger

WINEMAKER COMMENTSSourced from the younger vines from Vista Verde

This wine is big enough to age for many years yet has elegance and complexity in its youth that comes from a perfectly farmed vineyard

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The polish of the tannins and softer acid profiles will offer early appeal but can certainly hold on for years

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2008, Ovid Proprietary Pritchard Hill - magnum 2022 WINEMAKER COMMENTSSourced from the youngerThe 2008 Ovid (68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Merlot and Petit Verdot) is a slightly more restrained and marginally lighter version of the 2007. Still, it is a delicious, full throttle, multi dimensional wine, with loads of red, blue and black fruits and hints of camphor and graphite as well as forest floor notes in a medium bodied, restrained, but impressively authoritative style to drink over the next 15 or more years. 93