Summaries Of Behind Re

... Rolls Royce and Ferrari ...

the Rolls Royce and Ferrari ...

Tenuta dell'Ornellaia ...

First an observation:

both in Italy and here in Quebec,

many are those who believe that

Ornellaia has now surpassed the

legendary Sassicaia ...

Tenuta dell'Ornellaia, now owned by giant Tuscan Frescobaldi, which joined Russian interests and that Michael Mondavi, the renowned family of California which has retained a stake in the company.

The winemaker of Tenuta dell'Ornellaia is Mr. Axel Heinz, 39, born German father and a mother of Bordeaux, he speaks French ...

The Ornellaia

55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc , 4% Petit Verdot.

Ornellaia The older two-thirds in the French new wood, up to 18 months.

According to Mr. Axel Heinz, which differed according to him his wine from that of the other domain (Sassicaia)

"The Ornellaia is more charming, more opulent."

"They are our neighbors, not our rivals, we are in position now that the challenger, and I will not deny that our goal is to exceed the myth ..."

So one is really a Rolls and the other, the pretender to the throne, a Ferrari?

I would say that if Ornellaia is broader and more powerful, Sassicaia is rather built on elegance, perhaps more elegant too. In both cases, the sweetness of fruit, this velvety sometimes reminiscent of California ...

Every Super-Tuscan Cdn icts roots trace back to Sassicaia, The Grand Patriarch of All These wines, Which Produced first WAS by Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta for His Own Consumption In The 1960's. But in the case of Ornellaia this is especially true, as the winery was founded by Lodovico Antinori, whose aunt Clarice della Gherardesca married Marchese Mario. The Antinori family were already on the scene in Italy's greatest up-and-coming wine region, as Lodovico's brother, Piero, had been consulting at Tenuta san Guido, home of Sassicaia, since the 1968 vintage. To Lodovico the opportunities offered by the marshy Tuscan coastland known as Maremma, once valued by nobody save for a few lonely head of grazing cattle, might have been irresistible, having seen the success that his brother had achieved. In truth, however, his first calling was California, but others persuaded him of the potential on his doorstep, and having acquired a plot of land from his mother, he set about creating a great estate to produce wines in the emerging Super-Tuscan mould...

Head of the winemaking team at Ornellaia is Axel Heinz, of French and German parentage, drawn to Italy by an appreciation of the beauty that can be found here. He has clearly found his niche in Tuscany. He controls a small portfolio of exceptional wines produced at Tenuta Dell'Ornellaia, led by the grand vin, Ornellaia. This has traditionally been a Cabernet Sauvignon cuvée (this variety accounting for 46 ha of vines), with a decent proportion of Merlot and a little Cabernet Franc, although there is also now the possibility of Petit Verdot appearing in the blend.