Limited

4/5

fruit

5/5

body

3/5

acidity

5/5

tannin

0/5

sweetness

Ornellaia

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Various vintages

Bolgheri Superiore DOC, Tuscany, Italy

Red

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot

Drink Now/Cellar

VN 94+ WA 94

Ornellaia 2012 appears a deep ruby, and a remarkably beguiling bouquet boasts rich fruit and spices notes. Â The palate shows well-rounded, full, and generous, with glossy tannins and a complete absence of any roughness. The 2012 lacks none of the proverbial concentration that distinguishes Ornellaiaâ€™s, great vintages, but this vintage adroitly masks that richness behind an expansive, magisterial structure, then concludes with a near-endless finish.

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meat:
Beef, Pork, Sausages

cheese:
Hard cheese, Soft cheese

Reviewer: Antonio Galloni

The 2012 Ornellaia has put on quite a bit of weight since I first tasted it from bottle a few months ago. Rich, powerful and concentrated, the 2012 offers plenty of depth and intensity, with expressive fruit and striking mid-palate intensity. Dark red cherry jam, wild flowers, licorice, smoke, tobacco and mint blossom in the glass. There is a very slight element of dryness in the tannin that is the signature of a year in which ripening took place in fits and starts. It will be interesting to see if that note softens over time.

4/5

fruit

5/5

body

3/5

acidity

5/5

tannin

0/5

sweetness

Bolgheri Superiore DOC, Tuscany, Italy

Red

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot

Drink Now/Cellar

Black fruit / Chocolate / Coffee / Mint / Powerful / Vavicous

meat:
Beef, Pork, Sausages

cheese:
Hard cheese, Soft cheese

Reviewer: Antonio Galloni

The 2012 Ornellaia has put on quite a bit of weight since I first tasted it from bottle a few months ago. Rich, powerful and concentrated, the 2012 offers plenty of depth and intensity, with expressive fruit and striking mid-palate intensity. Dark red cherry jam, wild flowers, licorice, smoke, tobacco and mint blossom in the glass. There is a very slight element of dryness in the tannin that is the signature of a year in which ripening took place in fits and starts. It will be interesting to see if that note softens over time.

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