97 Points - limited New release of one of Italy's most iconic wines, Ornellaia. Limited. 97 Points Robert Parker: "Tasted from barrel, the 2020 Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia will be presented in the fall but won’t hit the market until spring of the following year. This is a beauty, so generous and opulent with fully seamless transitions. The wine’s traditional blend is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot with tiny percentages of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, although this warm vintage makes due with a pinch less of the Cabernet Sauvignon. Fruit is selected across 107 hectares of Ornellaia vines, although the estate recently purchased an additional eight hectares next to Guado al Tasso in Castagneto Carducci, with terraces and vines aged between 15 and 28 years old. This broad and generous expression has a beautiful quality of fruit and oak that speaks to the very best of Italian winemaking." 96 Points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2020 Ornellaia is 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, raised in 70% new French oak for 18 months, with another 12 months in bottle prior to release. Flush with herbs and menthol, blackberry, and cedar, it is full bodied and fills the sides of the mouth with rounded fruit of luxurious plum, black cherry, and toast, with supple and velvety tannins. Drink 2026-2046."
Ken Z
Drank 10/6/23. Tasting event. Nose is a bit closed at this time. Black fruit, cedar, tobacco. Black cherry, plum, tobacco, earth. We'll balanced. Long finish. 3/23/9/5/4 +50 = 94 pts.
Drank 10/6/23. Tasting event. Nose is a bit closed at this time. Black fruit, cedar, tobacco. Black cherry, plum, tobacco, earth. We'll balanced. Long finish. 3/23/9/5/4 +50 = 94 pts.
9.4Evelyn Frison
Fave.
Fave.
9.4WARNING: DRINKING DISTILLED SPIRITS, BEER, COOLERS, WINE AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY INCREASE CANCER RISK, AND, DURING PREGNANCY, CAN CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS.