500-liter French oak vats and 18% in new French barrique

The palate is medium-bodied with grippy dark plum and blackberry fruit laced with graphite and tobacco

sumptuous personality

The 2011 Chateauneuf du Pape Deus ex Machina is a stunner in the vintage

fruit-driven nose is followed by a broad

Ornellaia other_regions 500-liter French oak vats andThis brilliant wine is one of the best new breed Tuscan reds I have tasted. The color is a sensational black purple and the nose offers gorgeously intense aromas of black plums, cassis, licorice, and spicy new oak. In the mouth, there is extraordinary opulence and richness, enough acidity to provide grip, and plenty of tannin lurking behind the cascade of fruit. The explosive finish goes on and on. Approachable, even delicious now, this splendid wine