Bolgheri Superiore DOC 'Ornellaia' 2021 (750 ml.) Ornellaia

THE WINE

It was in 1981 that Marquis Lodovico Antinori, cousin of Piero Antinori, founded the Tenuta Ornellaia, in the heart of the Bolgheri area, a few kilometers from the Mediterranean coast. With the first harvest of 1985, what would become an icon among SuperTuscans was born: the “Ornellaia”, marketed three years later, in 1988. With the inauguration of the estate, the world-renowned winemaker, Michel Rolland, began to take care of the technical side of the winery. Subsequently, in the 1990s, the other two labels were born: "Le Volte" and "Le Serre Nuove". At the beginning of the 2000s, Robert Mondavi, the great Californian producer, acquired the Tenuta, later selling 50% to the Marchesi de' Frescobaldi, who would acquire the remaining 50% just three years later. The end of the 2000s also saw the birth of the label "Poggio alle Gazze", which would be followed by the highly selective late harvest wine "Ornus", obtained from pure petit manseng grapes. A legendary winery, therefore, which deserves credit for having written the history of Bolgheri. With almost one hundred hectares of vineyards, to which another thirteen are added on lease, the Tenuta Ornellaia has always focused on a single and unique goal: quality. All decisions, all choices, take into account every single and smallest detail, and from the vineyard to the final bottling, shortcuts are not allowed. During the harvest, only the most precious and balanced bunches are selected and picked, subsequently worked separately in the winery based on their cru of origin. Then a year of resting in barrel follows, and then the composition of the blend: everything is aimed at enhancing every subtle nuance of the terroir, and at valuing the expression of each single vintage, always in respect of the continuity of what can be considered the “style Ornellaia”, synonymous with experience, competence, and determination, which translates into complexity and elegance that are hard to match in the glass.