2016 Tenuta Dell’Ornellaia Ornellaia

“A particularly dark and young colour is the prelude to a complex nose of black berries, spices and cedar. The palate is rich and dense, balanced by a refined and firm tannic structure, lifted by a juicy and bright acidity.” – Olga Fusari – Winemaker – July 2018

For the 11th edition of Ornellaia Vendemmia d’Artista, it is the American artist Shirin Neshat that interprets the character of Ornellaia 2016 – “La Tensione” (tension); with her disruptive and poetic visual language, the photographer, filmmaker and video-artist alludes to this vintage’s dynamism and strength through the words of the illustrious 11th century Persian poet, Omar Khayyam.The artist has created a site-specific masterpiece for the Estate, customized a limited series of 111 large format bottles, and designed a special label that, a single example of which, will be found in each Ornellaia case containing 6 bottles of 750ml.