Tenuta dell´Ornellaia Ornellaia 1990

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Vinee Beschreibung und Bewertung

97/100 Decanter

'A great vintage all over Europe, this is most likely, after the scarce 1988, Ornellaia´s vintage of consecration after only five years of winemaking. Michel Rolland arrived in 1991 and remains Ornellaia's consultant today. The wine has extremely elegant citrus and black pepper aromas, with fresh cherry flavours complemented by a leathery core and a white chocolate and cigar-leaf finish. It has shades of light and dark all over the palate, with a full, quite fleshy suppleness balanced by refreshing natural acidity and crunchy extracted tannins.'
(decanter.com)

96/100 vinous

'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.'
(Stephan Tanzer, vinous.com)

'Das Klima des Jahrgangs 1990 war von mäßigen Niederschlägen im Monat August und hohen Temperaturen in der Endphase der Traubenreife gekennzeichnet. Die Trauben wurden zwischen dem 1. und dem 20. September von Hand in Kisten mit höchstens 15 kg Fassungsvermögen geerntet. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit wurde der Auswahl der Trauben gewidmet, die in ausgezeichnetem Zustand mit 22-24,5 Grad Brix in der Kellerei angeliefert wurden.'
(Ornellaia)