Bianco
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared sea bass with a citrus butter sauce, herb-roasted poultry, and creamy saffron risotto.
✨ Technical Specifications
Born from the legendary Bolgheri estate famed for its pioneering Super Tuscan reds, Ornellaia Bianco represents a bold quest to craft a white wine of equal prestige and complexity. Sourced from select north-facing hillside parcels where cool maritime breezes from the Tyrrhenian Sea temper the Tuscan sun, this exceptional cuvée is primarily composed of Sauvignon Blanc complemented by Viognier. The grapes are gently pressed and fermented in French oak barriques, followed by aging on the fine lees to build a rich, multi-layered texture. This meticulous process yields a white wine of extraordinary depth, balancing vibrant Mediterranean energy with structured, age-worthy elegance.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1981 by Marchese Lodovico Antinori and guided today under the stewardship of the Frescobaldi family with Technical Director Marco Balsimelli, Ornellaia stands as a pillar of coastal Tuscan viticulture. Situated near Bolgheri along the Tyrrhenian seaboard, the estate commands around 100 hectares of meticulously mapped vineyards. Soils reflect a mosaic of marine gravel, clay, loam, and limestone, nourished by generous maritime sunlight and tempered by cooling coastal breezes sweeping down from the Colline Metallifere. Viticulture adheres to rigorous sustainable standards, certified through Equalitas, championing parcel-level diversity and biodiversity. Ornellaia's winemaking philosophy centers on precise vinification of individual micro-plots in stainless steel and concrete before barrel maturation in fine-grained French oak. The estate's namesake grand vin, Bolgheri DOC Superiore Ornellaia, blends Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot with structural nobility and opulence, alongside benchmark bottlings such as Le Serre Nuove dell'Ornellaia, Poggio alle Gazze, and the legendary single-vineyard Merlot, Masseto.