Tenuta dell´Ornellaia - Ornellaia VdT 2020

WEINWISSER: „Dieser Ornellaia besticht schon im Duft mit einem eher puristischen, «luscious» Bouquet – wieder eher im eleganten Bordeaux-Style anstatt wie früher mit «kalifornischen» Allüren. Dabei bleibt er seiner extrem würzig-ätherischen, durchaus mediterranen Ader treu, also ein typischer Ornellaia der moderneren Jahre. Die klare Frucht changiert von rot- bis blaubeerig, untermalt von einer wunderbaren rauchig-tabakigen Graphitnote, dahinter auch zimtwürzige Anklänge und Sandelholz. Eleganter Gaumen mit linearer Ausrichtung, gute Tiefenstaffelung, eher elegant als konzentriert, viel tabakige Würze, noch ganz zarte BSA-Noten, ruhig und präzise, engmaschig gewoben, extrem feinkonturiertes Finale mit festem Tanningriff. Beeindruckendes Finish, total auf Eleganz aus. Bravo!"

DECANTER: „Estate director Axel Heinz called 2020 ‘a classic Ornellaia,’ and picked the theme of ‘La Proporzione‘ (proportion) to describe its character. Indeed, the blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 13% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot marks a return to a more typical blend following the pendulum swings of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon in 2019, and 51% Merlot in 2018. Fine-grained and beautifully textured, its finely integrated tannins support a concentration of black fruits lightened by red berries. Aromas of black cherry, liquorice, dark chocolate, cedar and damp earth make for a fragrant wine, accompanied by menthol and balsamic streaks which run through the wine and impart plenty of freshness. It finishes with a stony and salty element along with some chocolatey and woody hints. Tight and moreish, its ripeness of fruit combined with freshness and structure adeptly tells the story of this earlier-ripening vintage. It lacks complexity in the mouth – this will come with time – but the array of aromas gives a hint of what is to come."

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."