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1998 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Masseto Toscana IGT |
| Vintage | 1998 |  Label 1 of 5   | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Tenuta dell'Ornellaia (web) | ||
| Variety | Merlot | ||
| Designation | Masseto | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | Italy | ||
| Region | Tuscany | ||
| SubRegion | n/a | ||
| Appellation | Toscana IGT |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 93.6 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 21 notes) | |
| Tasted by pkimhk on 12/10/2009 & rated 92 points: Tea, cigar leaf on the nose. Powerful, smokey and muscular for a merlot, yet has the characteristic opulence. Not as profound as the great ones, but worthy of the label. (347 views) | |
| Tasted by Memito on 10/15/2009 & rated 97 points: Had a bottle to open the night at Del Frisco's in NYC with friends Rob and Seth. Nose initially was full of cotton candy, strawberries and licorice; 25 minutes later rather smokey. Wine had a velvet mouth coating quality with pleasant, slightly chewy tannis. Plush dark fruit tastes where the wine's roundness and quality structure making up for a lack of complexity. This was a very pleasurable experience that almost put the next bottle, a very good 1995 Beaucaillou, to shame. (679 views) | |
| Tasted by peblin on 12/16/2008 & rated 93 points: Systembolaget Superpremium (Vinkällarbolaget): Dense, bright red with an oily viscosity. Spicy, grassy nose with spearmint, oak, blueberry, cherry, leather, rubber, plums, green pepper. High in somewhat coarse tannins, very powerful body, concentrated and complex. No trace of ageing, still has a very young character. (1347 views) | |
| Tasted by phenricsson on 10/1/2008 & rated 94 points: (1026 views) | |
| Tasted by Alex G on 6/3/2008: A lovely wine with broad appeal, this is benchmark merlot. Excellent fruit, balance, and length. If I could change one thing about this wine, I would want more complexity. A- (1534 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 6/2/2008 & rated 94 points: black licorice, violets, and none of the green aspect i recall from my last tasting. the wine is full bodied, and harbors some residual tannins. decanted for a short while. i thought this deteriorated in the glass over 2+ hours, which effected my score. early on, it was magnificent. (1570 views) | |
| Tasted by kstoddard on 6/2/2008 & rated 95 points: G7: Dark berry nose. Tastes of cherry, caramel, raspberry, earth and a touch of mint. Nicely balanced. Massive concentration and structure. Beautiful complexity with a very elegant finish. Head and shoulders above all the rest of the wines this evening. My personal WOTN. This wine really performed much better than the last several times I have been fortunate enough to try it. (1560 views) | |
| Tasted by salil on 1/26/2008 & rated 95 points: Wineflock - casual dinner at Ken's place (Northbrook, IL): Dark purple colour with some lightening at the rim. Stunning nose of violets, plums, black fruits, licorice and fennel over floral notes. Full bodied and rich on the palate with tremendous flavours of blackberries, plums, tobacco and toast - but more than just the flavour profile, what really stands out is the balance of power, concentration and elegance. This has good acidity and an incredibly rich and silky mouthfeel with chewy tannins and a long finish. Amazing - thanks for opening this Ken! (2053 views) | |
| Tasted by mimik on 1/4/2008 & rated 96 points: Collingwood Tasting with Dokta, Futronic, Basecadet,Mimik and friends; 1/4/2008-1/5/2008: Time has not affected this bottle. A dark brooding colour with a more brooding coffee, black olive tapenade and dark chocolate scents with blackberry, spicy plums and hints of clove on a structured, tannin and tight frame. Long finish and definitely modern. Lacked elegance but needs another 5-7 years even though it is approaching drinkability now. (1887 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 11/1/2007: great wine (2329 views) | |
| Tasted by salil on 10/20/2007 & rated 97 points: Decanted in the afternoon and drunk much later - the nose absolutely explodes from the glass with lots of plums, cherries, black fruits, mint, some floral and toasty hints and some hints of vanilla. Wow. This is big and rich on the palate with plenty of finesse, balance and structure. Flavours of plums, cherries, blackberries follow in the mouth over savoury notes of tobacco, earth and chocolate with firm, chewy tannins. The finish is incredibly long. Spectacular. (2260 views) | |
| Tasted by jivey on 7/11/2007 & rated 97 points: Backstreet wine bar Italian tasting- SImilar to the 96, more earth and cedar notes. Just can go wrong here. (2414 views) | |
| Tasted by goofy Yno on 7/11/2007 & rated 93 points: very smoky, earthy with some mushrooms. nice smooth mouth feel with blackberry and some green pepper, (but where this usually turns me off, it didn't bother me in this wine). I felt this was the wine of the vertical (96-99) (2391 views) | |
| Tasted by kstoddard on 7/11/2007 & rated 90 points: Phoenix eRP Offline - Italian (Backstreet Wine Salon, Phoenix): Blackberry, cherry, limestone and chalk. Nice earthiness to this wine. Smooth, elegant finish. (2711 views) | |
| Tasted by markelln@bellsouth.net on 12/25/2006 & rated 92 points: Decanted for 2 hours. Xmas gift to myself. Restrained nose, pomegranate flavor(We had pomegranate ice cream for desert, tasted the same) with some graphite. I think it needs more time. Very enjoyable, but at the same time disappointing, as I expected more. (3018 views) | |
| Tasted by kstoddard on 6/27/2006 & rated 90 points: G7 (2079 views) | |
| Tasted by jamiekutch on 3/22/2006 & rated 93 points: Served too cold, but warmed up just fine in the glass. Huge cherry vanilla nose. .Super concentrated. Thick, young and delicious. Very “international.” Some described it as “Aussie style”. Most liked it or loved it. (3645 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 10/21/2005: tasted today at the wine experience - wine spectator magazine event - new york - tasted 1995 - 2002 excellent (3625 views) | |
| Tasted by winefool on 10/1/2005 & rated 93 points: Rich red coffee color. Lovely clean floral ripe black fruit aroma. Tight ripe black fruit with lots of spiciness - very nice. Definitly improve with time - potentially great. 10/05 (2769 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 7/12/2004 & rated 95 points: Gorgeous perfumed nose of earl gray tea, mint, plums and cherries. the palate was lush, full and complex. Full throttle intensity and verve, tons of licorice, sage, cumin, violet and plums, lush but present tannins frame the wine with great acidity as well. I am thoroughly impressed here, fantastic wine. I would let cellar another year or two if only I had more. (4062 views) | |
| Tasted by Joe Belmaati on 4/4/2003 & rated 88 points: Dark red/purple in the glass. Smells like port. Scents of "heavy" alcohol, prunes, plums, raisins and green leaves. In the mouth the wine displays lots of extract and concentration, but little in the way of round voloptuous fruit and complexity. On the attack the wine seemed like it was trying to be Château Lafleur - unfortunately without the style and elegance. The wine is very strong and unfortunately slightly hot on the finish. Furthermore it is quite tight at the moment, and not really the big, sexy, seductive wine that the 96 and 97 are. I have no experience with older vintages of this wine, so I can't guess the aging potential here, but let me just say that this probably shouldn't be touched right now. (4031 views) |
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