Community Tasting Notes 195

• Bandreas Does not like this wine:

  February 13, 2024 - Gift from Marco Brunello; opened for the tasting with Cahill's in the restaurant Opal DC...
  Dark garnet nose, dense in the center.
  On the nose some black fruit and a touch of camphor and sweet carob.
  On the palate it is short and raspy with all the tannins.
  I hope it opens up and develops for the tasting in 1 1/2 hours....Will report on it later.
  Unfortunately id did not really open up and blossom but remained woody and dull. For my taste too much modern/New World winemaking at play and
  I am afraid that Tim Heaton was right in his tasting note of 02/02/24.
  Overall I am finding that - for me - the "Super Tuscans" , apart from early Tignanello, very rarely deliver on the promises made in their marketing hype.
  For me, another case of "emperor's new clothes"
  Sorry, Gospodin Rote Kapelle!

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• Tim Heaton Likes this wine:

  February 2, 2024 - Slow-O two hours, enjoyed over the following two hours. Begins with a cool earthiness, some black and even a few red fruit notes, at first, but by the second glass this becomes rather foursquare. It's tasty, no doubt, but it lacks any real sense of place. The acids/overall freshness here was of a more subdued nature, and thus not very interesting to my palate. Others saw the label and gulped it. I see no reason to wait. recommended
  
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• rossi.wine wrote: 95 points

  January 23, 2024 - Tasted next to 2006 Dominus. Quite dark still in colour and also rather backward on nose and palate. Blackcurrants, tobacco, spices, grilled herbs on the nose. Lovely concentration of fruit on the palate, slightly spicy, with great tannic structure and well integrated acidity. Harmonious, powerful, elegant and very persistent. Drink/keep. 94-96

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• walkerjfw wrote: 97 points

  January 13, 2024 - Gary and Danielle visit New Hope (Chez Walker + Italian Cucina, New Hope PA): Our friends visit provided the inspiration to check in on this Ornellaia from a notable vintage. Last tasting was 2017 with G&D as well...Decanted for 3+ hours, rebottled and took to the restaurant (Italian Cucina, New Hope Pa).
  
  Dark garnet color, mild thinning at the edge. Nose was notable, dark fruit, figs, balsamic. Palate showing blackberry, cedar box, balsamic and fig repeating. tobacco. Getting cassis, mineral and French Oak through mid palate. Elegant texture and rich mouthfeel. Full body, long finish.
  
  Aged beautifully at this point. Decant made a major difference- a quick taste when opened, the wine was good but nowhere near the complexity it showed later. Some variation in taster experience on CT may be due to this(?). A big hit, WOTN for us. Long life ahead from here

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• devraj Likes this wine: 96 points

  January 3, 2024 - Saturated reddish black in color. Room filling perfume of dark florals, cassis, tar, cedar, smoky herbs. Full-bodied with dense and layered smoky dark fruits, hint of leather and tobacco, good acidity, fine and structured tannins and a very long perfumed finish. Superb, aging glacially.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Tenuta dell'Ornellaia
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation Ornellaia
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Tuscany
• SubRegion Bolgheri
• Appellation Bolgheri Superiore
• UPC Codes 5051559061009, 818201020075, 818201020327, 877397001237, 877397001244, 877397001466, 877397002579, 877397004641, 877397004801, 877397086661

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• Pending Delivery 143 (1%)
• In Cellars 6,429 (65%)
• Consumed 3,371 (34%)

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