Tenuta dell'Ornellaia, Le Serre Nuove, 2024
Tenuta dell'Ornellaia, Le Serre Nuove, 2024
- 75cl
- 14%
- Red Still
- Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot
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Drinking window: 2026 - 2036
Est. delivery in 2027
Le Serre Nuove is the second wine of Ornellaia, one of Bolgheri's most celebrated estates, and it punches well above its station. Drawn from younger vines and declassified parcels across the estate, it shares the same Bordeaux-inspired blend as its famous sibling but delivers it in a more open, generous register.
The 2024 vintage brought a warm, dry summer tempered by well-timed rainfall, which kept freshness intact and produced wines with real energy alongside the estate's characteristic richness.
What the critics say:
"A spicy wine with aromas of cloves, toast, restrained dark fruit, balsamic and a hint of eucalyptus. Quite full-bodied with refreshing acidity and velvety tannins that are firm, extracted and grainy yet sweet. Tight, muscular yet savory finish. Very tasty. Drink or hold."
The Ornellaia estate sits in the Bolgheri DOC on Tuscany's Tyrrhenian coast, where the soils are a complex mix of clay, silt, loam, and alluvial deposits with some sandy and rocky outcrops. The proximity to the sea moderates temperature swings, extending the growing season and preserving acidity even in warm years. These maritime conditions suit Bordeaux varieties exceptionally well, producing wines with a natural freshness that is difficult to replicate inland. The younger vines used for Le Serre Nuove tend to sit on lighter, more alluvial soils, which contributes to the wine's more immediate, approachable character.
Bolgheri DOC, on Tuscany's coastal Maremma, is the appellation that turned Italian fine wine on its head. Before Sassicaia put it on the map in the 1970s, this was farming country. Today it is one of Italy's most sought-after red wine zones, built on Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc — varieties that were once dismissed as un-Italian but have found a natural home in this warm, sea-influenced strip of land. The DOC rules allow for considerable blending flexibility, which is precisely why estates like Ornellaia have been able to develop such distinctive house styles. It bears comparison with Napa in terms of ambition and price, but retains an Italian freshness and savoury edge that sets it apart.
The 2024 growing season in Tuscany was defined by a cool, wet spring followed by a summer that never quite committed to the heat Sangiovese craves — periodic rain events through the summer kept growers watchful and selective work in the vineyard essential. Those who managed canopies well and harvested at the right moment came out ahead; those who hesitated paid for it. It was a vintage that rewarded attentiveness rather than simply good fortune, and the best producers — particularly in Chianti Classico and Montalcino — rose to that challenge.
What landed in the cellar was fresher and more lifted than the riper, more muscular style that warmer years like 2022 tend to produce. Sangiovese shows bright acidity and firm structure with real energy behind it — less about sheer density, more about definition and length. It is too early to draw firm conclusions on the very best Brunello and Riserva releases, which will need time to resolve, but the Rosso and Chianti-level wines are already drinking well and offering genuine pleasure without demanding patience.
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