In Bond Fine Wine. 2015 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia, Bolgheri, Super-Tuscans, Italy. Red italy - tuscany in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 98/100 (AG). Drinking window: 2019–2040. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
James Suckling (JS) — 98/100 · JamesSuckling.com, 22/01/2018
The blackberry and blueberry aromas with fresh sage and bay-leaf character are impressive. Stone, graphite and mineral undertones. Full body and silky and refined tannins. Dusty. Elegance and polish. Shows greatness in strength and refinement. A dialed-in, dialed-back Ornellaia. Drink in 2022.
Monica Larner (ML) — 93/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 06/09/2018 · Drink 2019-2029
The 2015 Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia is a dark, exuberant and opulent wine that is teeming with flavor, ripeness and extract. That said, there is also a note of impurity that I only really locked in on when I went back to taste the wine at different time intervals later in the day and the next. To be clear, it was there upon first examination, but then it blew off. And then it came back. That ga…
Antonio Galloni (AG) — 98/100 · Vinous, 01/04/2018 · Drink 2023-2040
The 2015 Ornellaia is a dream wine with magnificent balance. All the elements are in the right place. In most vintages, Ornellaia needs time to fully come together, but the 2015 is just impeccable, even in the early going. The warm vintage notwithstanding, winemaker Axel Heinz crafted and Ornellaia is more about finesse and power. The potent, bruising tannins Ornellaia can show as a young wine ar…