Ornellaia
Ornellaia's Sauvignon Blanc-led white from Bolgheri, blended with Vermentino and Viognier. Barrique and fine-lees ageing build grapefruit, white peach and a saline, flinty depth. A serious Tuscan white that drinks young yet keeps for years.
Vivino's 7,500-plus ratings settle on grapefruit, white peach and a stony minerality, with the herb-and-passion-fruit lift Ornellaia calls the signature of recent vintages.
Sauvignon Blanc leads with grapefruit and lemon zest over white peach and apricot, the fruit Vivino's drinkers flag most across more than 7,500 ratings. Behind the citrus sit Ornellaia's signatures: aromatic herbs and sage, white flowers, and the passion-fruit lift the producer calls the hallmark of the 2023. A stony, flinty note runs underneath.
Grapefruit
Lemon
Elderflower
Apricot
Gooseberry
Pineapple
White peach
FlintFermentation split across barrique (about a quarter new, a quarter used), stainless steel and concrete, then six months on fine lees, gives a juicy core with real textural weight for a white. Citrus and orchard fruit stay crystalline and clean, framed by saline minerality and a fine herbal thread rather than overt oak. Drinkers read it as fresh yet sumptuous.
Long and saline, closing on grapefruit pith, white peach and a stony, almost flinty edge from the Bolgheri coast.
Ornellaia's white counterpoint to its Bolgheri reds, and one of Italy's most serious Sauvignon-led blends. Vivino's crowd scores it 4.2 from over 7,500 ratings, with the 2021 the top-rated year. Built to drink young but hold six to ten years, for anyone who wants Sauvignon Blanc with structure rather than simple zip.
Three UK listings track here, from roughly 43 to 70 pounds a bottle across the 2021, 2023 and 2024 vintages.
Scored across food-friendliness, value, cellar potential and more for this Sauvignon-led Toscana IGT white.
Bright Sauvignon acidity, a saline edge and barrique texture pair across shellfish, lean fish and herb-driven antipasti, a broad and reliable table white.
An Ornellaia label at 43 to 70 pounds: a recognised, gift-worthy white for a special table.
Rare among Italian whites in repaying six to ten years' ageing in strong vintages like 2021, though as a white it sits below the great structured reds.
At roughly 43 to 70 pounds it is priced as a fine wine, not an everyday buy; the quality justifies it but there is little discount to category.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our editorial methodology.
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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Bolgheri's coastal whites swing with the season: the celebrated 2021 leads on Vivino, while the cooler 2023 leans crisp and vibrant by the producer's own account.
The current release, picked young and still tightly wound. Bright citrus and orchard fruit now, with the barrique-and-lees texture filling out over two to three years in bottle.
A cooler, fresher Bolgheri season; the producer frames the 2023 as crisp and vibrant, led by passion fruit and sweet spice. Best across its first six to seven years while the aromatics stay primary.
Ornellaia rates 2021 as the strongest recent showing for Poggio alle Gazze, and Vivino drinkers score it ahead of every other year. A balanced Bolgheri season gave taut citrus and stony depth that should hold into the late 2020s.
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.
Made by Tenuta dell'Ornellaia in Bolgheri, this is the estate's white counterpoint to its Super Tuscan reds: barrique-aged, lees-textured, and built to age.
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.
Grapes grow on the same Bolgheri estate as Ornellaia's Super Tuscan reds, hand-picked in small crates at dawn and chilled on arrival; estate fruit at this address carries a real land premium.
Splitting fermentation across new and used barriques, stainless steel and concrete, then six months stirring fine lees, ties up cellar space and cooperage well beyond a tank-fermented white.
Picking by hand into 15kg crates and cooling the fruit at once to protect aromatics is labour the price absorbs, versus machine-picked volume whites.
The Ornellaia name commands a collector premium; at roughly 43 to 70 pounds in the UK it is priced as a fine white, not a regional Vermentino.
Toscana IGT carries none of the yield caps or release-tasting a Chianti DOCG imposes, so no appellation rule inflates the cost; what you pay reflects Ornellaia's estate and cellar choices.
UK excise duty on a still wine under 15% runs about 2.67 pounds a bottle at 2026 rates, with 20% VAT on top, adding roughly 10 to 14 pounds of the shelf price before the trade margin.
Dishes that complement this wine
Citrus acidity and a saline edge make it a shellfish wine first: mussels, seafood fregola and lean fish, with enough barrique texture for richer plates.
Briny shellfish needs acidity and salt, not weight. The wine's citrus cut and saline, mineral edge lift mussels cooked in their own liquor and clean the palate between bites.
Try with: Impepata di cozze · Cozze arraganate · Fregula ai frutti di mare · More pairings →
Sauvignon Blanc's grapefruit acidity mirrors ripe tomato and lifts fresh basil, while its herbal streak bridges the capers and olives in Sicilian swordfish.
Try with: Insalata Caprese · bruschetta · Pesce spada alla Siciliana · More pairings →
The wine's sage and white-flower aromatics, noted by the producer, echo basil and parsley, so green herb sauces meet a matching note rather than fighting the fruit.
Try with: Trofie al pesto · Cozze arraganate · grilled herbed sea bass · More pairings →
Barrique and six months on fine lees give weight most whites lack, enough to carry creamy whipped salt cod and saffron-scented seafood fregola without thinning out.
Try with: Baccala Mantecato · Fregula ai frutti di mare · roast turbot · More pairings →
Citrus and a saline mineral line season lean fish the way a squeeze of lemon does, keeping delicate flesh fresh without overpowering it.
Try with: Pesce spada alla Siciliana · sea bass crudo · grilled prawns · More pairings →
Capsaicin heat and sweet-sour glazes flatten the wine's delicate herb and citrus detail and push its alcohol forward. Pour an aromatic, off-dry Italian white such as Alto Adige Gewurztraminer for those instead.
Skip with: Kerala prawn curry · sweet and sour prawns · vindaloo · tandoori prawns · Pairing guide →
A white built to keep. Strong years like 2021 reward six to ten years in bottle, gaining honey and almond over the citrus.
Peak around 2028. Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
Rare among Italian whites in repaying six to ten years' ageing in strong vintages like 2021, though as a white it sits below the great structured reds.
£42.73 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 · MediumIt is the white wine of Tenuta dell'Ornellaia in Bolgheri, Tuscany: a Sauvignon Blanc-led blend with Vermentino and a little Viognier, made as a refined, food-friendly counterpoint to the estate's famous reds.
Sauvignon Blanc dominates, supported by Vermentino and Viognier, with Semillon or Verdicchio in some years. The exact blend shifts vintage to vintage, but Sauvignon Blanc always sets the citrus-and-herb tone.
Partly. It ferments and ages across barrique (about a quarter new, a quarter used), stainless steel and concrete, with six months on fine lees. The result is texture and depth rather than obvious oak flavour.
Shellfish and seafood pasta, lean white fish, and herb-driven antipasti. Its citrus acidity and saline mineral edge cut briny mussels and fresh tomato, while the barrique texture handles richer fish dishes.
Unusually long for a white. It drinks well on release for its bright fruit, but the best vintages, such as the 2021, hold and gain complexity for six to ten years in bottle.
In the UK it typically sells for around 43 to 70 pounds a bottle depending on vintage and retailer, placing it among Italy's premium whites.
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