Tenuta dell’Ornellaia 2010 – A 98-Point Super Tuscan Icon

🏛️ Power Meets Precision in a Classic Vintage

2010 was a benchmark year across Tuscany — a long, cool growing season with perfect ripening conditions. For Tenuta dell’Ornellaia, it meant time to flex everything: their terroir, their team, their legacy.

The 2010 release is a masterclass in structure, freshness, and longevity — a bottle made not just to drink, but to remember.

💬 Critic Reviews

98 Points – James Suckling
“This shows incredible class with aromas of currants, blackberries, minerals, and flowers. Full-bodied yet refined and polished with superb fine tannins and a long, long finish. So wonderful now but will be even better in 2018 and beyond.”

97 Points – Wine Advocate (Monica Larner)
“The 2010 Ornellaia stands proud among the greatest expressions of this Tuscan icon. There is excellent intensity and tightness here, supported by dark cherry, mocha, licorice, and sweet spice. This wine is built for the long haul.”

96 Points – Wine Enthusiast
“An exceptional wine with precision and length. Aromas of dark berry, leather, graphite, and exotic spice lead into a structured, elegant palate. Still youthful, but already magnetic.”

🍷 Tasting Notes

• Color: Deep ruby core with garnet edges

• Nose: Crushed cassis, wild blackberry, violets, balsamic herbs, dark chocolate

• Palate: Full-bodied, tightly wound yet graceful, with savory oak, ripe black fruit, espresso, and crushed stone

• Finish: Endless, layered, and complex — the kind of finish that defines First Growth energy

🍇 Why 2010 Matters

This was the vintage where nature and precision collided — long hang times, firm tannins, and no rush. The Ornellaia team called it “L’Eleganza”, and rightly so: a wine of energy, structure, and inner grace. Built to live for decades.

📦 Wine Specs

• Blend: 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 4% Petit Verdot

• Region: Bolgheri DOC Superiore, Tuscany, Italy

• Producer: Tenuta dell'Ornellaia

• Vintage: 2010

• ABV: 14.5%

• Bottle Size: 750ml

• Cellaring: Now–2040+

🍽️ Pair Like a God

• Rare Florentine steak

• Slow-roasted lamb with rosemary and porcini

• Black truffle pasta

• Or keep it simple: decant it, light a candle, and shut the world out

This isn’t just a vintage. It’s a collector’s trophy, a cellar essential, a masterpiece.

Ornellaia 2010: because someday, your wine should tell a story that rivals your own.
Add it to your legacy.