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Ornellaia Ornellaia(1998)
The bunches were hand-picked into 15 kg bins, and the fruit was carefully graded and selected on a double sorting table, before and after destemming, After a light crushing, each variety and vineyard block was vinified separately giving birth to a total of 51 different base wines each interpreting the considerable diversity of the Estate’s terroirs.. A week-long fermentation was carried out at 26-30°C in stainless steel, followed by a maceration of 18 days. Malolactic fermentation took place in oak barrels (70% new and 30% once used). The wine remained in barriques in the temperature controlled read more...
- Jancis Robinson
- 16/20
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May 2008
- Slightly paler and less obviously aromatic than the 1997. Skinnier, more pointu, presumably made to much higher yields than the 1997. Some of the tannins taste slightly underripe. Drier and less knit than the glamorous 1997.
- Jancis Robinson
- 18/20
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May 2008
- Blackish crimson. Very attractive savoury note - interesting! Sweet start, slightly inky but with real refreshment value and properly integrated cf 1997. The mineral element of the property shines through. 14.5% CS:M:CF 60:35:5 163,000 bottles
- Jancis Robinson
- 18/20
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May 2008
- Deep crimson without as much evolution of colour as the 1997. Burley, briary nose with marked acidity. Quite aromatic. Much more backward than the 1997. Big, round fruit with a great hit of ripeness on the palate. Much more ambitious and long-term than the 1997 (Duroux, like others, argues that the 1998s are better balanced than the super-ripe 1997s in the Maremma). This one will run and run.
- Wine Advocate # 137
- Oct-01
- 93/100
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April 2008
- eRobertParker.com # GX
- Apr-07
- 91/100
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April 2008
