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  • Country ranking ?

    153
  • Producer ranking ?

    34
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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Wine Information

Climate and Harvest
Winter this year was more severe than in 1998, with budbreak occurring one week later. Spring was within average parameters however, with normal levels of rain and temperatures, so that flowering and vegetative growth proceeded at a rate very close to the previous year. Optimal weather conditions during flowering ensured better-than-average fruit set and a larger-than-expected crop per vine.
A hot, rainless summer brough...

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Tasting note

color

Rubiininpunainen

ending

Pitkä, Pyöreä and Viipyvä

flavors

Mustikka, Vaniljaa, Sensuelli, Kahvia, Nahkaa and Tupakkaa

recommend

Kyllä

taste

Keskitäyteläinen, Fokusoitunut, Elinvoimainen, Vivahteinen and Kuiva

Verdict

Peittelemätön and Tasapainoinen

Written Notes

Ornellaia 1999 is a beauty, and I have to admit I do have a weak spot fort his estate. I visited it, I couldn’t understand why this terroir is capable of producing such good wines, but it simply just does. It is indeed a kind of a blockbuster wine, big and opulent, almost Californian in style. But it does have complexity and much lenght, and it’s richness just seems to be checked by very good winemaking.
  • 91p
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Origin

Bolgheri, Tuscany

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