2009 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Masseto

Merlot - 750ML
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REVIEWS

WE 97 JS 95 JL 95 WA 94 WS 92
WE 97

Wine Enthusiast, April 2013

If you’ve ever wondered what makes this wine so special, the answer is simple: elegance. This shows polished fruit and spice aromas that are intense, balanced and beautifully integrated. The blend is 52% Cabernet...
JS 95

jamessuckling.com, August 2012

Sexy and muscular. Blackberries licorice and tar on the nose. Bark earth and spice as well. Super subtle. Full-bodied with super chewy tannins and a wonderful line. So beautiful. Creamy tannins. A baby 2001. Try in 2016.
JL 95

TheWineCellarInsider.com, July 2014

Medium bodied and in a finesse style, this early drinking vintage of Masseto serves up fresh, sweet, black raspberries, kirsch, espresso bean and smoky characteristics. 95 Points Read more...
WA 94

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, June 2012

The 2009 Masseto bursts from the glass with dark red berries blackberries flowers licorice and tar. It shows lovely up-front juiciness and expressive inner perfume in a surprisingly accessible style for this wine. Like...
WS 92

Wine Spectator, January 2018

Offering a bouquet of cedar, macerated cherry, plum and subtle tar, this broad style offers toasty, smoke-tinged plum and cherry fruit, with lightly rustic tannins on the finish. Merlot.—Non-blind Masseto vertical...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Merlot
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Sub-region Bolgheri
Vintage 2009
Size 750ML

Tenuta dell'Ornellaia is a Bolgheri estate which lies in the heart of Tuscany's coastal region, Maremma, also home to Sassicaia. The estate is one of the icon wineries of Italy, producing some of the finest Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc in Tuscany, grown in the alluvial, volcanic, and marine-based soils which comprise the region’s terroir.

Founded by Marchese Lodovico Antinori in 1981, Ornellaia’s first vineyard plantings were in 1982 and the new winery started operations with the 1985 vintage. Robert Mondavi and Marchesi de' Frescobaldi became co-owners of the estate in 2002, but since 2005, the estate has been exclusively owned by Marchesi de' Frescobaldi.

Grapes which are not designated for the winery’s flagship Bordeaux-styled release Ornellaia, one of the first Super Tuscans, are "declassified" to the production of Le Serre Nuove, which usually has more Merlot, and sees less oak influence. The winery produces several other labels, including Le Volte, a blend of Merlot, Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon, as well as a Sauvignon Blanc, Poggio alla Gazze, and Ornus, a sweet, late harvest wine from Petit Manseng.

Tenuta dell'Ornellaia also owns the Masseto winery and estate, which produces an equally world-renowned and lauded single-vineyard Merlot.