Community Tasting Note

SevenDayMile wrote:

Saturday, June 4, 2011 - Decanted for three hours and enjoyed over the next two.

Deep garnet core with a hazy ruby red rim and flecks of orange. Fairly intense aromas of blackberry, cherry, vanilla bean, forest floor, and raspberry. The palate is elegant but rich with a core of candied cherry (sense memory of Kool-Aid here), sage, milk chocolate, strawberry coulis, a good dose of well-integrated wood tannins, and bright acidity tying it all together.

Beautiful wine with a measured elegance and superb texture. Really showing well right now. Upon opening it seemed to scream Tuscany with sharp strawberry and big oak, but it really matured with air to show a great and unique expression of the Bordeaux varietals.

My first Ornellaia and if I can scrape up the money I would definitely go back for more.

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