Ornellaia Poggio alle Gazze dell'Ornellaia 2020 750ml
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The grapefruit and white-peach character is very lively in this young white, with a zesty lemon undertone to it all. It’s medium-to full-bodied with crisp acidity and a flavorful finish. I keep thinking about oysters while I taste this! Bright and delicious sauvignon blanc.
Lovely refined aromas, elderflower, peach, apricot, some white flowers and gently bitter orange rind. I love the texture here, smooth and succulent, a very satisfying weight - bright with such aromatic intensity. Body and texture here, a good food wine, with acidity giving lemon and lime touches and a clarity left on the tongue towards the finish. Very appealing. Drinking Window: 2023 - 2033.
The 2020 Poggio Alle Gazze Dell'Ornellaia is 69% Sauvignon Blanc, 22% Vermentino, 5% Viognier, and the rest Verdicchio, and there are just 350 cases produced. It's a lively, vibrant white that brings solid richness and depth, with medium-bodied aromas and flavors of ripe lemon zest, melon, sappy green herbs, and a subtle, earthy, chalky mineral component that makes this more than a simple, refreshing white. Nicely concentrated, it has plenty of mid-palate flesh, bright, almost racy, yet integrated acidity, and a great finish. It's going to shine on the dinner table and is a seriously good white that I suspect will drink at point for another 3-4 years yet also have an interesting evolution beyond that. It's easily my favorite vintage of this cuvée to date.
Abundant spring rain in 2020 kept the vines refreshed through the summer, allowing full development of sauvignon's herbal and citrus scents in this lively wine. Notes of sage and lemongrass accent the flavors of white grapefruit and crystallized pineapple. Half of the wine aged in barriques (25 percent new), adding a creamy texture to complement the fresh citrus tones.
Intense savory notes dominate the nose of this wine, from caramelized onions to fried herbs to fresh pastry. Lemon and other citrus offer an acidic throughline that carries over to a still very savory and now also saline palate. More spicy, herbal notes run through a leisurely finish.
