 Octagon is this growing region’s definition in red wine.
We invite you to share at home in a tasting of Octagon in our winery.
What explains its honors and age worthiness is that it disclosed itself, over decades of empirical investigation of this terroir with many clones of many wine grapes.
To discover Octagon and what it represents, is the founding charter to which this estate is dedicated, without preference, and with no ambition other than the honest passion to elicit the beauty of this ground.
While rare in supply, Octagon is no longer rare in annual production, because the proof of the vigor of its constituent parts -- Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot -- flowed naturally from the discovery of growing sites, clonal selections, trellising systems, and vine management techniques which reveal the persistent voice of our terroir in a wide range of seasonal conditions.
Barboursville Vineyards Octagon 2005 • 5 stars out of 5 • 18.5 points of 20
"... when I first tasted Barboursville's sublime Octagon, I mistook it for a serious St-Emilion.
They've since gone from strength to strength and if they were cheaper and easier to find,
I'd drink a heck of a lot more of them."
"Virginia's icon, a stylish Bordeaux blend... Drink now-2018"
Jonathan Ray, wine critic, The Telegraph (UK), Decanter, August 2010
Octagon became, thereby, the authentic extraction of its time as well as of its place, one of the most rewarding proofs of the vitality of the Bordeaux style in the New World. The privilege of crafting this wine can be sensed each time one of its vintages is tasted, over a long and rewarding shelf life. |
