2001 Onellaia 1.5L

Dec 30, 2021,03:29 AM
 

Dinner:

1. Pasta with mushrooms and truffles 

2. Cold seafood: an oyster, raw scallops, cooked but chilled lobster and a giant shrimp

3. 14 ounce ribeye 

After 5 hours decanted and several sips I can now properly review this wine. Nose of meadow fields, wet crushed stone and elegant red and blue fruit. Medium to heavy bodied. Fresh red and blue fruit on the palette. The finish is lingering  with minerality, and a fine balance of acidity, mildly clingy tannins and a lingering marriage of fruit and soil. 95 pts.



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Great wine with great food...

 
 By: halkcb : December 30th, 2021-05:46
....a perfect match! An appropriate decant time for a magnum ,especially when it enables the wine to show its development. I am a fan of Ornellaia ,which is sometimes underrated, but comes top with elegance. What an enjoyable repast you have!

Thank you my friend. I am dabbling in good Tuscans between Bordeaux and Burgundy. To me…

 
 By: emcquillan : December 30th, 2021-06:10
The 2004 Ornellaia bested the 2001, but it is a very fine wine. It changes from vintage to vintage, but between Solaia, Sassicaia and Ornellaia I think they compete with Bordeaux’ super seconds plus Palmer. And on its finest years can hold fort with a fir... 

I was raised on robbery 😏

 
 By: TheMadDruid : December 30th, 2021-10:58

Agreed,it's comparable to top claret in good vintages.

 
 By: halkcb : December 31st, 2021-02:26
my personal favourite was the '98 i drank a few years ago,pure hedonism ...  

Now that’s a proper night!

 
 By: emcquillan : December 31st, 2021-03:17

But how did it taste??

 
 By: TheMadDruid : December 30th, 2021-10:57
More importantly: any left??

En pointe!

 
 By: halkcb : December 30th, 2021-12:27

Sorry, no more left in the bottle

 
 By: cazalea : December 30th, 2021-15:54
we drank it all, a couple years ago, sorry. ...  

:)))

 
 By: amanico : December 30th, 2021-19:58

Sounds lovely! A nice magnum!

 
 By: patrick_y : December 30th, 2021-18:17

Sounds terrible 😉.

 
 By: RabidManatee : December 30th, 2021-22:59