Tenuta dell'Ornellaia, Ornellaia 2008 Yarra Valley Meyer lemon and peach skin

Meyer lemon and peach skin unfold into a long

Straight as an arrow

which overlies Tertiary clay

this wine is traditionally eaten with asparagus

cocoa powder

Tenuta dell'Ornellaia, Ornellaia 2008 Yarra Valley Meyer lemon and peach skinVery sweet, ripe, lush and velevety 'California' nose. But with a little more freshness (and obvious tannin) than the 2007. Just slight heat on the end. Sweet but zesty some might think too sinewy but I treasure the balance it gives. Not quite ready yet but promises well so long as it doesn't get too stringy. At the moment there is a gap between all that ripeness and the corset. Jancisrobinson. com (17)