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  • Country ranking ?

    120
  • Producer ranking ?

    27
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    now-2030
  • Food Pairing

    Roast lamb served medium-rare

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Each year, Wine Spectator editors survey the wines reviewed over the previous 12 months and select our Top 100, based on quality, value, availability and excitement. This annual list honors successful wineries, regions and vintages around the world.

Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia 1998 was the Wine of the Year in 2001

A cool and sleek Tuscan red, with tarragon and fresh sage aromas, blackberry and cherry undertones. Fu...

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The Story

Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore DOC is the estate's flagship wine which embodies the quality philosophy of the estate.

Tenuta dell'Ornellaia's production hilosophy is based upon the belief that wines must be the most faithful expression of the terroirs that produce them. The mild marine climate and the colours and aromas of the lush Mediterranean vegetation leave a special imprint upon the character of the wines. A respect for the estate's uni...

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“One of the hallmarks of wine, like people, is its originality, and each growing year exhibits a personality that renders a wine from that year truly unique. Within the overall Ornellaia style, we take much effort in identifying, highlighting, and consolidating in the wine the distinctive qualities of each vintage,” says Axel Heinz, winemaker and Director of production of ORNELLAIA.

ORNELLAIA’s philosophy considers the birth of the wines t...

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This one was a modern left turn with rich vanilla, cream and black fruits, and a touch of yeast and natural gas. There was a distinctive cardboard edge, which is usually a negative, but strangely enough in this case it was a positive, so I adjusted my descriptor to be Christmas day cardboard. There were nice dusty flavors (desert action) to its meaty palate with black fruits, leather and earth. However, this was definitely a wine that was more winemaking than terroir. Blair picked up on .

  • 93p
1998 Ornellaia Youthful but complex nose that gives you liqueur like cherry, dark plum and creme de cassis and layers of spices, tobacco, chocolate and coffee. Excellent nose Full bodied with very smooth, sweet, sexy fruit that's very liqueuresque with cassis, plums, dark cherries, tobacco, coffee and sweet chocolate. Despite its sweetness of fruit the wines manages to stay balanced with its persistent but smooth tannins which extends into the very long finish. Top Ornellaia! 94p Drink now-2025
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Origin

Bolgheri, Tuscany

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Best buy

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None

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