Description

Bolgheri DOC Rosso

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Area: Tuscany/ Toscana

Grapes: 50% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc, 11% Petit Verdot

Alc. : 14,5 % vol.

Winemaker’s notes
“The product of a vintage that has proven to be high calibre and deeply satisfying, Le Serre Nuove dell’Ornellaia 2021 allows the tannin qualities and balanced concentration to shine through.
The wine displays a bright ruby red with the usual purple highlights in the glass. Refreshing on the nose with pink pepper and cypress berries aromas, which are reminiscent of the Mediterranean shrub.
On tasting, the wine is elegant with a lovely acidity and an enduring and savoury finish, which entices further enjoyment.”

Olga Fusari – Winemaker – April 2023

The 2021 Growing Season

2021 started with a mild yet rainy winter that enabled the water resources in the soil to be replenished. After a dry
March, budbreak occurred in the first fortnight of April. The gradual rise in temperatures and normal rainfall
allowed the shoots to develop evenly before flowering in superb conditions towards the end of May. Summer fully
arrived in June with temperatures slightly above average and an almost total absence of rain, resulting in veraison
in the last week of July. The dry spell continued throughout August and September, but the spring rain and our
estate’s deep soils allowed the vines to avoid overly intense water stress, creating the conditions for small, highly
concentrated grapes with exceptional potential in terms of quality.
September was hot and sunny, devoid of rainfall, which provided for an “à la carte” harvest to convey the maximum
quality potential of each vineyard.
The red grapes were harvested mostly in September, with Merlot within the first fortnight, and other varieties on
the estate from 13 September onwards, ending on 1 October.

Vinification and Ageing

The grapes were handpicked into 15 kg baskets. The bunches were selected by hand on a double sorting table beforeand after de-stemming, then finally soft-pressed. In addition to handpicking, we introduced optical selection in2016 in order to further increase the quality of berry selection. Each variety and each parcel of land was vinifiedseparately. The alcoholic fermentation took place partly in stainless steel tanks and partly in concrete vats attemperatures between 22-28°C for two weeks, followed by maceration for a total of about 10-15 days. Themalolactic fermentation took place in stainless steelwas after which the wines were racked into barriques (25% newand 75% used once). The wine remained in barriques in Ornellaia’s temperature-controlled cellars for about 15months. After the first 12 months the wine was blended and then returned to the barriques for an additional threemonths of ageing. The wine remains in the bottle for another six months prior to release.Axel Heinz – Estate Director