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Stylized image of Ornellaia Bolgheri Le Serre Nuove dellโ€™Ornellaia 2021

Sumptuous and spicy Bordeaux in Tuscany

Ornellaia is about as big a name as you find in Italian wine. Launched by Ludovico Antinori in the early 1980s, just as Bolgheri, the Tuscan coastal region, was (re-)opening to viticulture, it has become a (if not the) benchmark Cabernet-based Super Tuscan.

As Ornellaia itself has grown in stature and price, it has diminished in production, meaning most of us donโ€™t get to drink it very often. But donโ€™t fear! Ornellaiaโ€™s second wine, Le Serre Nuove dellโ€™Ornellaia, is here to scratch that Ornellaia itch!

Like the best second wines everywhere in the world, the Serre Nuove gives us an earlier-drinking (if slightly less ambitious) foretaste of Ornellaiaโ€™s top wine.

From the propertyโ€™s prime and mature Merlot parcels (50%), with Cabernet Sauvignon (28%), Cabernet Franc (11%), and Petit Verdot (11%), Itโ€™s made with the same rigorous attention to detail as Ornellaia and it has a similar ability to marry velvety yet vibrant Bordeaux flavors and textures, with Mediterranean garrigue and sea breezes. It doesnโ€™t need as much time in the cellar as top wine, but it is still deeply savory and herbal, rich with complexity that really emerges after a little time in a decanter (or your glass).

So whether you need a bottle to complement the Bistecca Alla Fiorentina youโ€™re cooking up or the Italian food you got delivered โ€“ or if you just want a glass of something polished and straight-up delicious while you unwind, this is your bottle. 

Ornellaia Bolgheri Le Serre Nuove dellโ€™Ornellaia 2021 - $71.99

 

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