Ornellaia 2001

Ornellaia 2001

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  • Robert Parker rating 96
  • Vinous rating 96
  • Jancis Robinson rating 18.5
Ornellaia 2001
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75 cl

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£355.00
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Ornellaia 2001 is a cuvée of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc. The faithful expression of unique terroir developed in harmony with nature. Fragrances of well-ripened dark and red berry fruit, together with judiciously-balanced silky tannins, marry together with the other components of Ornellaia’s structure to create a wine with superb body and a long finish.
96 Vinous
The 2001 Ornellaia (magnum) offers up violets, black cherries, minerals and earthiness in a big, structured style. The wine’s sheer intensity and thrust are nothing short of remarkable. Ideally, readers will give the 2001 another few years in bottle; as it is truly majestic stuff but will require patience. The 2001 Ornellaia is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc. The wine spent 18 months in French oak (70% new) prior to being lightly fined and bottled. Antonio Galloni1st December 2009
18.5 Jancis Robinson
Much more maroon notes than the still blueish Chilean wine. Very sophisticated complex nose. Dense, savoury, lively. Intense. Much more Bordeaux-like build. Dry, sandy tannins but great complex, complete fruit too. (JR)

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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.

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