Ornellaia 2006

I tasted this wine at a reunion dinner the other day. I have tasted Ornellaia before and even mentioned attending a special winery dinner on a blog about mismatched wines, but I don't seem to have blogged about it  as yet. One of the famous Supertuscans, it was founded by Marchese Ludovica Antinori in 1981, producing its first vintage in 1985. Various changes in ownership followed but now (after a period of part owner by Mondavi) it is now fully owned by Frescobaldi since 2005.

The 2006 vintage was purple ruby at the rim surrounding a dark core, with a sweet acid fruity nose. The palate was sweet fruity and tannic with just a hint of leafy greenness and the whole was well supported by an acid tannic backbone.