Toscana Rosso Igt Le Volte 2021 - Ornellaia

Description

Tenuta Ornellaia is located a few kilometers from the Mediterranean coast, at the foot of the hills near Bolgheri in Tuscany.

Le Volte IGT dell'Ornellaia is a wine of an intense ruby red to the eye that offers olfactory hints of black cherry, blackberry and ripe dark pulp fruit, enriched by mineral and spicy tones. In tasting the tannins are still very gritty and communicate that they are ready to support the wine at least until the next decade. Excellent persistence and fruity closure.

Why you should drink it

Because Le Volte dell'Ornellaia is obtained from one of the best terroirs in Tuscany . And this in itself should be worth the taste ..

But if not, we also tell you that this wine manages to combine the Mediterranean expression with more complex connotations: it is soft, structured, but lively.

Plus: an extraordinary value for money.

When to uncork it

If your friends have invited you to dinner, the menu includes dishes from the land and you don't want to miss the bottle, then you can only bring Le Volte from the Ornellaia winery .

Wine suitable for the whole meal , thanks to the great balance and superb elegance: red meat or aged cheeses and off you go!

How to drink it

Le Volte is a wine whose ideal serving temperature is 16-18 ° C.

Vinification and Aging

The grapes used are 70% Merlot , 15% Sangiovese, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon . The vinification of the various vines was done separately in small steel tanks. The alcoholic fermentation is followed by the malolactic fermentation , always in steel tanks. The aging phase lasts 10 months partly in barriques , previously used for Ornellaia, the other part in concrete tanks, to obtain a perfect balance between tannic structure and fruity expression.

Territory

Semi-hidden at the foot of the hills near Bolgheri , Ornellaia rises a few kilometers from the Mediterranean coast, in Tuscany.

Soil

The grounds of the estate are heterogeneous in nature: of marine, alluvial and volcanic origin.