Orma
A Bolgheri Bordeaux blend from Podere Orma, the Moretti Cuseri family of Tenuta Sette Ponti, grown between Ornellaia and Sassicaia. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc give black fruit, tobacco and fine tannin after a year in French oak.
Built from Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc and aged a year in French oak, Orma leads with blackberry and plum, then tobacco, chocolate and a savory, leathery undergrowth that Vivino's drinkers flag again and again.
Orma opens dark: blackberry and plum lead, the note Vivino's drinkers cite most often, wrapped in the tobacco and sweet spice of twelve months in French oak. Violet lifts the top, and a savory layer of leather and undergrowth sits underneath, the same undergrowth note the Italian-market sheet describes. It smells ripe and Mediterranean rather than fresh and red-fruited.
Violet
Black cherry
Blackberry
Plum
Tobacco
Forest Floor
Leather
Liquorice
ChocolateFull-bodied and warm at around 15% alcohol, it carries the flesh you expect from a Merlot-led Bolgheri blend, then Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc draw firm, fine-grained tannins across the middle. Twenty-one days on the skins and a year in partly new barriques build a core of ripe black fruit, chocolate and the brackish, savory tannin the producer's notes flag, with enough coastal-Tuscan freshness to keep it from feeling heavy.
The finish is long and savory, closing on graphite, dark chocolate and that leather-and-tobacco signature rather than sweet fruit. It is a young wine's grip: give the structured 2021 time, or decant the riper vintages.
Orma is the Moretti Cuseri family's coastal Bordeaux statement, sitting between their inland Oreno and the Bolgheri first growths next door, and Vivino's 10,000-plus ratings (4.2, climbing to 4.4 in the best years) show how consistently drinkers rate it. It is for someone who wants a polished, oak-framed Tuscan red for red meat and a special table, with the 2021 worth cellaring.
Orma trades around £70 to £97 a bottle in the UK across the 2021, 2022 and 2023 vintages. The 2021 carries the strongest critic scores, with Falstaff at 97 and Decanter at 96 points.
A full-bodied, oak-aged Bolgheri blend at £70-plus, Orma scores high for special-occasion drinking and red-meat pairing, and rewards medium-term cellaring more than everyday pouring.
Firm Cabernet tannin, ripe black fruit and coastal acidity make it a natural for chargrilled and braised red meat and aged cheese.
A prestigious Bolgheri Bordeaux blend with 96 to 97 point vintages: a genuine special-occasion and gifting bottle.
A year in French oak, firm Cabernet tannin and the structured 2021 give eight to twelve years of cellaring, though it is not built for multi-decade ageing.
At £70 to £97 it sits well above the typical Toscana IGT, but undercuts its Bolgheri first-growth neighbours for comparable Bordeaux-blend quality.
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A compact view of what the Toscana denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
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The 2021 is a benchmark coastal-Tuscan year with real cellar potential; 2022 was hotter and riper, rated 96 to 99 by Luca Maroni; 2023 came from a wetter, more demanding season that put a premium on vineyard selection.
A wetter, more demanding Tuscan vintage where vineyard selection mattered; the Bolgheri coast fared better than the interior. Best enjoyed in its first decade while the fruit stays plush.
A hot, dry growing season gave a riper, more powerful Orma, rated 96 to 99 by Luca Maroni. Generous and plush, it is approachable earlier than the 2021.
A benchmark coastal-Tuscan year. Orma 2021 is structured and balanced, with Falstaff at 97 and Decanter at 96 points, and has the firm tannin to reward five to ten years in the cellar.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
The family behind Tenuta Sette Ponti and its icon Oreno reached Bolgheri in 2004, planting between Ornellaia and Sassicaia. Orma, first made in 2005, is their coastal Bordeaux blend.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Toscana is in the IGT tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Toscana falls within Tuscany , covering Tuscany.
Orma's plots sit on Via Bolgherese in the heart of Bolgheri DOC, flanked by Ornellaia and Sassicaia; coastal vineyard land in this stretch is among Italy's most expensive, and that scarcity sits under every bottle.
The estate hand-picks Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc separately at peak ripeness and blends through vinification, labour that costs far more than machine-harvested, co-fermented fruit.
Twelve months in partly new French barriques, then a further twelve in bottle before release, ties up capital and adds barrel cost the price has to recover.
The Moretti Cuseri track record with Oreno, plus Falstaff 97 and Decanter 96 for the 2021, supports a £70-plus shelf price an unknown Toscana IGT could not.
Orma is bottled as the broader Toscana IGT rather than Bolgheri DOC, a freer classification that keeps it a step below the formal pricing tier of its DOC neighbours.
UK still-wine duty of £2.67 a bottle plus 20% VAT add roughly £14 to £19 of tax to a £70 to £97 bottle before any retailer margin.
Dishes that complement this wine
Vivino's community keeps returning to beef, lamb, veal and cured meat, and the structure backs that up: Cabernet-led grip and 15% weight want chargrilled and slow-braised red meat.
Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc give Orma a firm, fine-grained tannic frame. Rare, charred red meat binds those tannins with protein and fat, so the wine turns plush and its cassis and graphite step forward.
Try with: Fiorentina steak · Brasato al Barolo · Ribeye steak · More pairings →
A year in French oak and 15% alcohol give weight, but the wine keeps coastal-Tuscan acidity. That freshness cuts the gelatinous richness of long-braised shin and shank and resets the palate between bites.
Try with: Ossobuco alla Milanese · Brasato al Barolo · Agnello Ragu Lucano · More pairings →
Full-bodied and ripe, Orma matches the density of slow-roast lamb and braised meat without being flattened. Its black-fruit core and leathery, savory edge echo the meat rather than fight it.
Try with: Agnello Ragu Lucano · Bollito dei Pastori · Brasato al Barolo · More pairings →
The wine's ripe fruit and oak sweetness counter the salt and crystalline tang of mature sheep's cheese, while the tannin keeps cured fat in check. A classic Tuscan board pairing.
Try with: Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · aged Pecorino Toscano · cured Tuscan salumi · More pairings →
Orma's oak-derived tobacco and chocolate and its savory leather notes bridge to herb-rubbed, slow-roasted meat. The aromatics meet on smoke, spice and dried herb rather than on fresh fruit.
Try with: Fiorentina steak · Agnello Ragu Lucano · Brasato al Barolo · More pairings →
At 15% alcohol with firm tannin, Orma magnifies chilli burn and turns metallic against sweet, sticky sauces. Keep it away from fierce Sichuan heat and sweet-and-sour glazes.
Skip with: Szechuan beef · Crispy chilli beef · sweet-and-sour pork · Pairing guide →
The structured 2021, scoring 96 to 97 with critics, is the vintage to cellar five to ten years; the riper 2022 and the more variable 2023 are better enjoyed earlier while the fruit is plush.
Peak around 2028. Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
A year in French oak, firm Cabernet tannin and the structured 2021 give eight to twelve years of cellaring, though it is not built for multi-decade ageing.
£70.00 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumOrma is a Bordeaux-style blend of 50% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Cabernet Franc, grown by the Moretti Cuseri family in Bolgheri and bottled as Toscana IGT.
Orma comes from Podere Orma on Via Bolgherese in Castagneto Carducci, in the heart of Bolgheri between the Ornellaia and Sassicaia estates. The family behind it also owns Tenuta Sette Ponti and its icon Oreno.
Expect ripe blackberry and plum, tobacco and chocolate from French oak, and a savory leather and undergrowth edge. It is full-bodied at around 15% alcohol with firm but polished tannins.
Serve it with chargrilled bistecca alla fiorentina, braised beef, roast lamb and aged pecorino. Its Cabernet tannin and coastal acidity handle rich red meat and hard cheese.
The riper vintages drink well now with a decant, while the structured 2021 will reward five to ten years. Recent vintages hold from roughly 2024 to 2036 depending on the year.
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