2016 Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore, La Tensione d'Artista Special Edition, Tuscany, Bottle (750ml)
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99DR98+JD98RP
Critic key
RP = Robert ParkerJD = Jeb DunnuckDR = Decanter
- Rating
- DR99/JD98+/RP98
- Producer
- Ornellaia
- Vintage
- 2016
- Region
- Tuscany
- Appellation
- Bolgheri
- Country
- Italy
- Format
- Bottle
- Volume
- 750mL
- ABV
- 14.5
- Type
- Still
- Color
- Red
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Product Description
DR99 "Known as ‘La Tensione’, Ornellaia 2016 is everything you expect from a great wine in a great vintage following a few years of bottle age: Poised, ethereal, fragrant, intense and sapid, its silky and floral dark fruit character is backed by that classic 2016 tannic structure, making this somewhat of a transitional year between the bold and muscular Ornellaia of old and the new, trimmed down frame we see today. Superb. 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot."
RP98 "The 2016 Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia is a wine of extreme complexity and precision. It offers monumental depth with profound layers of black fruit, coffee, licorice and baking chocolate. I tasted this 2016 vintage beside the less-impactful 2015 vintage (which was reviewed last year). These two editions are very different when compared side to side, and this 2016 release is clearly superior in terms of the quality, clarity and intensity of its offerings. This Ornellaia delivers glossy shine and a polished texture that segues to important richness, concentration and textural fiber. It wraps thickly over the palate, imparting waves of sweet dark fruit and dark spice that linger for many long minutes. This beautiful wine is hitting the market now, but collectors will want to put it straight into their cellars for safekeeping."
The character of Ornellaia 2016, the 11th edition of Vendemmia d’Artista, was “La Tensione”. Shirin Neshat was the artist chosen to interpret “La Tensione”. The central theme of Shirin Neshat’s artwork for Ornellaia “La Tensione” is wine as a means of sociality, a life force that, in the words of the Persian poet Omar Khayyam, should be “enjoyed during our short spell on this earth”. The labels display details of women’s faces, hands and bodies covered entirely by writings in Farsi. These contrasts between the softness of the skin and the graphical nature of the text seduce the gaze and spark the imagination.
RP98 "The 2016 Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia is a wine of extreme complexity and precision. It offers monumental depth with profound layers of black fruit, coffee, licorice and baking chocolate. I tasted this 2016 vintage beside the less-impactful 2015 vintage (which was reviewed last year). These two editions are very different when compared side to side, and this 2016 release is clearly superior in terms of the quality, clarity and intensity of its offerings. This Ornellaia delivers glossy shine and a polished texture that segues to important richness, concentration and textural fiber. It wraps thickly over the palate, imparting waves of sweet dark fruit and dark spice that linger for many long minutes. This beautiful wine is hitting the market now, but collectors will want to put it straight into their cellars for safekeeping."
The character of Ornellaia 2016, the 11th edition of Vendemmia d’Artista, was “La Tensione”. Shirin Neshat was the artist chosen to interpret “La Tensione”. The central theme of Shirin Neshat’s artwork for Ornellaia “La Tensione” is wine as a means of sociality, a life force that, in the words of the Persian poet Omar Khayyam, should be “enjoyed during our short spell on this earth”. The labels display details of women’s faces, hands and bodies covered entirely by writings in Farsi. These contrasts between the softness of the skin and the graphical nature of the text seduce the gaze and spark the imagination.