Ornellaia 2022 präsentiert sich unter dem Motto "La Determinazione" – die Entschlossenheit. Damit setzt die 17. Ausgabe des Projekts Ornellaia Vendemmia d'Artista erneut ein starkes Zeichen und interpretiert den einzigartigen Charakter dieses besonderen Jahrgangs.
Ein besonderes Highlight: Jeweils eine von sechs Flaschen in der 0,75l Holzkiste Ornellaia ziert ein Sonderetikett, das in diesem Jahr von Pascale Marthine Tayou gestaltet wurde.
The Drinks Business: 98 Punkte
" (Bolgheri; 55% Cabernet Sauvignon; 25% Merlot; 10% Cabernet Sauvignon; 10% Petit Verdot; 14.5% alcohol). Delicate. Poised. Classical. And very true to its identity. Perfectly pixilated red and darker berry fruits, with a little cherry stone too bringing a sense of coolness. A subtle hint of graphite with more to come. There’s still a suggestion of vanilla pod from the oak, but that’s just a reminder of the youthfulness of this wine and its long life ahead of it. Lovely texturally, with a beautiful lavender note that enters from the edges with the grip of the tannin – very beguiling. Crucially, this is very fresh on the palate too. This has a very well-defined central spine and the sense of compactness that comes with that seems to reinforce the length, stretching out the fruit all the way to a distant vanishing point. This will need a little time to come together aromatically but we have here a stunning Ornellaia in prospect. " - Colin Hay (03/2025)
Decanter: 95 Punkte
"Ornellaia 2022 is bold, dark fruited and spicy at this early stage, reflecting the increased percentage of Petit Verdot used in the blend. Production director Marco Balsimelli settled on 10% Petit Verdot to lend more structure to the otherwise quite soft tannic profile. Not lacking in brooding complexity, it swirls with peppery and herbal nuances and some lovely fresh acidity which carries through to a bright finish. As is characteristic of the 2022s in Bolgheri, this is overall a more compact and dense style compared to the previous year. 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, 10% Petit Verdot." - James Button (02/2025)
Jane Anson: 99 Punkte
"One of the few 2022 Tuscan wines where you can really see that this will benefit from a few years in bottle, right now it is, hovering on the edge of something delicious, vibrating over the tannic architecture, feathered, campfire smoke, fennel, blackberry, liquorice and crushed peonies, and the bitter fennel and slate scrape, dense, contrast of textures and flavours like only truly great wines can do, a reflection of skilful construction. A gorgeous wine, slowly stretching out in the palate, 65% new oak for ageing. Harvest began August 9 for the whites, and the reds began August 25 with Masseto, and then a few days later for Ornellaia, one of the earliest on record, with around 38hl/h yield." (02/2025)
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