Poggio alle Gazze dell'Ornellaia
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 2 to 8 years from the vintage release, though exceptional vintages can evolve gracefully for up to a decade.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh seafood platters, herb-roasted poultry, and artisanal goat cheeses.
✨ Technical Specifications
Poggio alle Gazze dell'Ornellaia is a testament to the potential of white winemaking on the Tuscan coast, where the maritime breezes of Bolgheri meet the prestigious soils of the Ornellaia estate. Named 'Hill of the Magpies' after the elegant birds that populate the estate's olive groves, this sophisticated white is primarily crafted from Sauvignon Blanc, complemented by Vermentino, Viognier, and occasionally Verdicchio. The estate utilizes a meticulous vinification process, fermenting the grapes in a combination of new and used French oak barriques, stainless steel, and concrete vats, followed by maturation on the fine lees. This careful handling coaxes out a complex profile of ripe citrus, white peach, and exotic floral notes, underpinned by a vibrant acidity and a distinct saline minerality that reflects its coastal terroir.
🍾 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.