Tenuta dell'Ornellaia

Founded in the early 1980s by Lodovico Antinori, nephew of Sassicaia’s Mario Incisa della Roccheta. The first vintage to be released was the 1985. Initially favouring more Merlot (and to a lesser extent Cabernet Franc) it was a charmingly hedonistic and seductive wine, with a unique aromatic intensity, and which easily built its own reputation out of the shadow of Sassicaia.

Today the blend is Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc with a soupcon of Petit Verdot, and aged for around 24 months in mainly new French oak barriques. In 2002, Lodovico Antinori sold the estate to Robert Mondavi, who later sold a share to Frescobaldi, who today has full ownership of the property along also with sister property Masseto. Frecobaldi has been fine custodians and the wine’s reputation has only grown over the past twenty years.

We offer the following Toscana IGT from Ornellaia Tenuta dell’Ornellaia:

• Tenuta dell’Ornellaia Toscana IGT ‘Le Volte dell’Ornellaia’