2015 Ovid Experiment Red (P5.5)

Winemaker's Notes: "We were so intrigued by the results of our 2014 H3.4 that we decided to continue the trial by testing a different aging regime – using standard 225-liter barrels for the first year and then aging in large 600-liter foudres for the second. Our expectation was use of the standard barrel for the first year would allow the progression of structure that we desired and that the move to a foudre for the second year would preserve the freshness that we find so appealing in our wines. Overall, this aging regime worked well. It achieved both the progression and the freshness in the wines that we wanted. More importantly, it taught us a lot about the interaction of oxygen and phenolics in wine and what proportions of each that we would like – information that has since been transformational in how we conduct fermentations and how and when we think about racking and blending." - Ovid Wines