Tenuta Dell'Ornellaia - Ornellaia Toscana IGT 2022 (750ml)

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Producer	Tenuta Dell'Ornellaia
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Subregion	Toscana IGT
Varietal	Merlot
Vintage	2022
Sku	10274
Size	750ml

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. - Jane Anson 02/25

Tasted a few months after it was bottled the Ornellaia 2022 Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia will be coming to market in March 2025. The blend is 55% Cabernet Sauvignon 25% Merlot 10% Cabernet Franc and 10% Petit Verdot. The wine sees 18 months of aging with up to 70% new oak but the trick proprietor Lamberto Frescobaldi tells me is drawing from a large group of coopers with different toast levels and forests. "I don't want to make a wine of any one tonnellerie" he says. The oak element is crucial to the identity of this wine that reveals dark fruit blackberry sweet spice and cinnamon. Most of the vines were planted in the 1980s and the average age of the plants is over 20 years old. Fruit comes from many parcels including Bellaria Bellaria Nuova Bellaria Alta Pero Fosso Vigna Vecchia and Stallina. Indeed some 80 wines are made before final blending. The 2022 vintage will be remembered for its full-bodied appeal concentrated fruit and generous oak renderings. Petit Verdot plays a slightly larger role in this vintage and was one of the surprise hits of 2022. It serves to elongate the wine and adds to its length. The wine's abundant fruit weight cedes to elegantly integrated tannins. This vintage will appeal to die-hard Ornellaia enthusiasts. The 2022 Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia is coming to market in March 2025 but the 2022 Masseto will not be released until September 2025. Today Ornellaia counts 134 hectares of vines including 11 hectares in Castagneto Carducci (with Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Petit Verdot and Vermentino) that were added in 2022. Masseto covers 11 hectares of vines surrounded by forests. I tasted these wines with proprietor Lamberto Frescobaldi at the estate. We were joined by the new Director of Production Marco Balsimelli who worked in Bordeaux at the Laboratoire Oenologique Boissenot for 18 years before returning to his native Italy. He is joined by Ornellaia Winemaker Denise Cosentino and Vineyard Manager Giuliano Tarchi. Published: Feb 13 2025

A Mediterranean-style wine. Stunning elegance on the nose with vibrant dried eucalyptus leaves flowers restrained brambleberries and hints of black cherries dried bananas milk chocolate cloves and graphite. The palate is full-bodied with elegant tannins and a touch of dust. It?s savory and well packed with integrated brilliant freshness and a ripe fruity finish with a toasty aftertaste of blond tobacco. Try from 2026.

The 2022 Ornellaia is a terrific wine for the year. Dark red-toned fruit mocha new leather licorice and spice all take shape in a mid-weight pliant Ornellaia that is quite alluring even in the early going. The blend is 55% Cabernet Sauvignon 25% Merlot 10% Cabernet Franc and 10% Petit Verdot unusual for the elevated presence of Petit Verdot which did better than Franc in 2022. The higher percentage of Petit Verdot comes through in the wine?s dark-leaning personality and also in the quality of tannins. More than anything else the 2022 is a reminder of how important a tool blending is especially in challenging years. I can?t wait to see how this ages. The 2022 Ornellaia is clearly among the most successful wines of the vintage. - By Antonio Galloni on February 2025 These new releases from Ornellaia are very good examples for their respective vintages. Le Volte is especially fine in 2023. Its combination of floral top notes and vibrant fruit is quite appealing. The flagship Ornellaia shows how advantaged blends are in challenging vintages such as 2022. Fine tuning makes all the difference. That is so evident in tasting it next to some of the single-variety wines of Bolgheri. The 2022 is the last vintage vinified by Estate Director Axel Heinz who left in early 2023. The new team led by Winemaker Denise Cosentino and Production Manager Marco Balsimelli finished and bottled the 2022s. Yields are down because of intense heat and drought. The winemaking team favored light extractions with a bit more time on the skins than typical for the Merlot as it was harder to extract. The 2023 whites strike me as quite giving and accessible even in the early going.

The 2022 Ornellaia is 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, and 10% each Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. A deep but bright purple/red color, it has a fantastic nose of blackberries, polished cedar, lavender, sweet herbs, and dark cocoa. Full-bodied, it has a rich structure, with warming concentration but a very balanced feel. The tannins are ripe and frame the underlying mineral notes very nicely, its fruity richness fleshing it out harmoniously. It is not a fruity vintage for this wine, though, and its structure leads here. Drink 2027-2050.

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.