This wine will be released in May 2016. The 2013 Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia is an integrated & seamless blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot & Petit Verdot. Alex Heinz tells me that 2013 was a difficult vintage especially towards the early part of the growing season. It balanced out during the summer & allowed for steady ripening of fruit before the harvest. But 2013 was not as hot as 2011 & 2012 overall, & this edition of Ornellaia is beautifully tonic & shapely as a result. The bouquet is very developed in terms of aromas this year with beautiful notes of dark fruit, tobacco & spice. Those perfumes are just gorgeous. The mouthfeel is similarly intense with tannins that are still young, but are already silky & linear in nature. This vintage promises a long aging future. Monica Larner
- The Wine Advocate