Ornellaia 1998

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£385.00

Ornellaia 1998

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Ornellaia 1998

HED80208

75 cl

14.5%

£385.00

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From the excellent 1998 vintage, this is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc. Another stunning release from Ornellaia with Cabernet Sauvignon performing particularly well. Saturated black fruits, graphite and smoke glide across the palate into a long, dark finish.

1998

Red

Ornellaia

Tuscany, Italy

Bordeaux Blend Red

99 Jane Anson

Fully in the sweet spot right now, where it shows character and finesse, with muscular damson and red cherry fruits, grilled pomegranate, liqourice and fennel notes as it opens, layering on charred sandalwood, cigar box and truffle. Holds up well in the glass, uncovering further nuances over a good hour or more, and this is just a spectacular wine, built for sharing, ready to go. Then 1998 vintage saw a sunny summer with almost no rainfall, harvest from first week of September until early October, lasting almost exactly one month. 50% new oak barrels for ageing, winemaker Andrea Giovannini.Jane Anson3rd October 2023

89 Vinous

The 1998 Ornellaia (magnum) is the least impressive vintage in this flight. Hints of oxidation come through in notes of beef bouillon and mushroom, suggesting that either the wine has not developed particularly well in bottle or this is not a perfect example. Ideally, the 1998 is best enjoyed sooner rather than later. In 1998 the blend is 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc. The wine spent 18 months in French oak, 50% new. Antonio Galloni1st December 2009

Ornellaia

A Legendary Super Tuscan

Founded in 1981 by Marchese Lodovico Antinori, the wines of the Ornellaia estate show remarkable consistency and are rightly considered an Italian great. Famed for its legendary Cabernet Sauvignon-dominated Super Tuscan wine (blended with a smaller percentage of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot), the Tenuta dell'Ornellaia lies near Bolgheri in Tuscany, on the Mediterranean coast. Renowned winemaker Axel Heinz was first appointed in 2002.

Starting with the release of the 2006 vintage in 2009, Ornellaia has produced the highly coveted Vendemmia d'Artista series; a celebration of the unique character of each new vintage in which a contemporary artist creates a work of art and a series of limited edition labels drawing inspiration from the single word chosen by the winemaker to describe the character of the new vintage. Celebrated contemporary artists have included Shirin Neshat, William Kentridge and Ernesto Neto.

The Ornellaia estate also produces a beautiful white wine, Ornellaia Bianco, which is a white blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Viognier; the superb Sauvignon Blanc-dominant Poggio alle Gazze; a beautiful red Mediterranean expression known as Le Volte dell'Ornellaia; the 'second' red wine, Le Serre Nuove dell’Ornellaia and a late harvest Petit Manseng sweet wine known as Ornus.

Tuscany, Italy

Ornellaia