|
Print
Email this page
Change Currency | Back
|
|
|
|
Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Ornellaia 1990
|
|
Good fresh deep red. Knockout nose combines black fruits, tar, mocha and humus. A hugely concentrated, sweet wine with great richness of fruit and extract. The first vintage of Ornellaia to reach 14% alcohol, and it shows in the wine's compelling thickness. Far from the subtlest wine in the range, but ripe acidity and big, sweet tannins give it plenty of verve and grip. Today, I find this wine fresher and a bit more detailed than the estate's 2000. A monumental wine today, but this could still use another four or five years in bottle to reach its peak.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brand
|
Appellation
|
Designation
|
|
Year
|
Varietal
|
|
Tenuta dell'Ornellaia
|
Ornellaia
|
|
|
1990
|
Cabernet Sauvignon
|
|
|
|
Country:
|
Italy
|
Bottle Size:
|
Bottle
|
|
Region:
|
Tuscany
|
Alc.%:
|
|
|
Sub-Region:
|
|
Aging Potential:
|
|
|
Producer:
|
Tenuta dell'Ornellaia
|
WineMaker:
|
|
|
Winery URL:
|
|
|
|
|
Reviews
|
|
|
The Wine Advocate
|
Drink:
|
|
|
|
Review Not Available
|
Recommended Price:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Wine Spectator
|
Drink:
|
|
96
|
|
A decadent red, with loads of tobacco, cherry and meat aromas and flavors. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and long rich aftertaste. I have found bottle variation with this wine, but this is superb quality.--1990 Tuscany retrospective. Drink now through 2010.
|
Recommended Price:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Wine Enthusiast
|
Drink:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
International Wine Cellar
|
Drink:
|
|
96
|
|
Good fresh deep red. Knockout nose combines black fruits, tar, mocha and humus. A hugely concentrated, sweet wine with great richness of fruit and extract. The first vintage of Ornellaia to reach 14% alcohol, and it shows in the wine's compelling thickness. Far from the subtlest wine in the range, but ripe acidity and big, sweet tannins give it plenty of verve and grip. Today, I find this wine fresher and a bit more detailed than the estate's 2000. A monumental wine today, but this could still use another four or five years in bottle to reach its peak.
|
Recommended Price:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Burghound
|
Drink:
|
|
|
|
Review Not Available
|
Recommended Price:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
= |
The Wine Advocate
|
|
|
= |
The Wine Spectator
|
|
|
= |
The Wine Enthusiast
|
|
|
= |
International Wine Cellar
|
|
|
= |
Burghound
|
|
|