2015 le serre nuove dell'ornellaia, bolgheri
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Why We're Buying
Ornellaia may be the flagship wine at Ornellaia e Massetto, but Le Serre Nuove is a more than respectable runner-up. First released in 1997, it features a blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, and petit verdot. The result is an affordable second vin that's flush with dark fruit, licorice, and excellent tannic structure.
Critics Scores
Jeb Dunnuck
A blend of 64 Merlot, 17 Cabernet Sauvignon, 10 Cabernet Franc and 9 Petit Verdot, the 2015 Le Serre Nuove comes from slightly younger vines and was aged in 25 new oak. It offers a deeper, richer, more Cabernet-like character in its cassis, black cherry, graphite, licorice, and scorched earth aromas and flavors. The second wine of the estate, it has medium to full-bodied richness, beautiful purity of fruit, fine, fine tannin and a great finish. It will cruise for at least a decade in the cellar.
Wine Spectator
Lush and modern, this evokes black cherry, blackberry, plum and light earth and iron flavors. A dusty swath of tannins girds the finish, but this should come together nicely in a year or two. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Best from 2020 through 2028.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
This is a stunning and exuberant wine that drinks with beautiful intensity and personality. The 2015 Bolgheri Rosso Le Serre Nuove dell'Ornellaia is made with fruit from the estate's young vines. Fruit from the older vines is instead directed to the top-shelf expressions. If this wine is any indication of what we can expect from the next vintage of Ornellaia to hit the market, we are in for a very special treat. This is a complete and richly concentrated expression that drinks with seamless intensity. It pits power against elegance with confidence and grace.