Ornellaia Bianco Toscana IGT 2020 Magnum In Cassetta Legno Tenuta Ornellaia

• Vintage: 2020
• Denomination: Toscana IGT
• Grape varieties: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
• Type: White Wine
• Origin: Tuscany (Italy)
• Alcohol content: 13% Vol.
• Cellar: 1.5 L
• Pairings: Blue cheeses - White meats - Fish first courses - Fish second courses - Starters
• Awards: Robert Parker 94/100

The Ornellaia Bianco 2020 is a wine that captures attention from the first glance, thanks to its intense straw yellow color. Its olfactory bouquet is a true symphony of aromas: yellow pulp fruit mixes with floral notes and a touch of vanilla, creating a harmonious and complex aromatic profile. But it is on the palate that this wine shows its true mastery: a lively freshness combines with an elegant creaminess, making every sip enveloping and pleasantly persistent. This is a wine that can not only be savored, but experienced in all its nuances, ideal for special occasions or simply to make a meal a memorable experience.

ORNELLAIA BIANCO 2020 - TOSCANA IGT BIANCO - Magnum

Ornellaia Bianco was born alongside the great Ornellaia wine and translates the essence of the estate's terroir into the luminous language of the sun and sea of ​​Bolgheri. Small vineyards secretly guard its balance until the harvest and then challenge time to tell the story of its complexity. elegant and slender.

THE CLIMATE OF 2020

After a mild and rainy winter, March saw a temporary drop in temperatures with a few nights below 0°C right at the beginning of bud break, in the last week of the month. Fortunately, the newly opened shoots were still protected by the cottony tissue of the bud without suffering damage from the frost. The rest of the spring saw generally warm weather with normal rainfall, ensuring regular vegetative development until flowering which is which took place on average between 20 and 25 May. June saw a period of very intense rainfall. towards the middle of the month, followed by a very long period of drought. with a substantial absence of rain and scorching temperatures until the end of August. The veraison has begun carried out evenly and quickly between 20 and 25 July, starting the ripening of the grapes under a blazing sun. The collection is which began even before Ferragosto, on 13 August, and ended on 24 August. The early harvest and the absence of marked water stress, thanks to the abundant rainfall in June, allowed us to express a beautiful typicality aromatic Sauvignon.

VINIFICATION AND AGING

The grapes were harvested by hand in 15 kg boxes in the early hours of the morning and immediately cooled upon arrival in the cellar to keep all the aromatic potential intact. After a careful selection, the whole bunches were subjected to slow and soft pressing with maximum attention to protection against oxidation. After a static decantation of approximately 24 hours, the musts were placed entirely in wood, 25% new and 75% used, to carry out the alcoholic fermentation at temperatures not exceeding 22°C. In addition to the 225 liter barriques, 320 and 600 liter cigars and tonneaux were used. Is not serious; malolactic fermentation was carried out. Maturation has taken place prolonged for 10 months on the lees with periodic bâtonnage for the entire period and it was concluded in steel tanks for another 2 months. Before bottling it is The assembly of the various batches and a light clarification were carried out. Wine is It was then subjected to a further refinement in the bottle for 6 months before being released on the market.