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The product of a warm year, the ’09 Le Volte shows the fresh-faced, voluptuous and pretty profile of a Gibson Girl. Robust and yet structured, this blend of mostly Merlot touched with Sangiovese and kissed with Cabernet Sauvignon offers lots of ripe cherries and bursting berries, a good handful of earth, and a dust of spices. It’s a fine, open-knit wine that will make you appreciate how excellent a “value” wine can be. Drinking for the next half decade.
- Country: Italy
- Region: Toscana
- Sub-region/Appellation: Bolgheri Rosso
Tenuta dell'Ornellaia makes outstanding wines even in poor vintages - better than any other. In the capable hands of winemaker Thomas Duroux and consultant Michel Rolland, the estate continues its long-standing, stellar record of world-class wine production. Even the estate's "second" wines demonstrate high quality grape growing and flawless production methods. Located in Tuscany's tiny coastal DOC of Bolgheri, the estate was one of the first to plant vines in the area. With producers like Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia, Antinori, Grattamacco, and Le Macchiole among others, Bolgheri is the hotbed of winemaking momentum in Toscana.
With the same name as the winery, a reference to the grove of flowering ash trees surrounding it, Ornellaia is the estate's principal wine. The 63 acres of predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with small plantings of Cabernet Franc vines, lie on elevated parcels composed of clay, gravel, and loam soils. The clones of diverse origins yield a rich palette of nuances. All grapes are destemmed, gently pressed, and introduced into either wooden or stainless steel fermentation vessels. Maceration takes place over a period of 25-32 days at a temperature not exceeding 30 degrees Celsius, during which time the wine completes its alcoholic fermentation.(more...)
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