Name: Ornellaia, Bolgheri Superiore
Brand: Ornellaia

Ornellaia is a Bordeaux blend aged about 18 months in French oak (about 70% new), produced in roughly 150,000 bottles and sold partly through the Place de Bordeaux.

Made by: Ornellaia
From: Bolgheri, Tuscany
Style: RedCabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot
Bottles made in a typical year: 150K

The kind of wine

Bolgheri super Tuscan

A flagship red from the Tuscan coast, made from Bordeaux grapes such as Cabernet Sauvignon instead of Italian ones.

What a bottle like this costs to make

A glass of red wine on a table at the end of an avenue of cypress trees near the sea

Good years and bad

One square for each year. The darker the square, the better the weather was for the grapes. Tap a year to read about it.

2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995

ExceptionalExcellentVery goodGoodMixedDifficult

The essentials

The wine and its economics

Ornellaia is a Bordeaux blend aged about 18 months in French oak (about 70% new), produced in roughly 150,000 bottles and sold partly through the Place de Bordeaux.

Every year in a tableHow each year was rated, and the price the producer first asked

Release price is what the producer first asked for a bottle. A dash means no price was published.
Vintage	How the year was rated	Release price	How rare (0–100)	The growing season
2022	Good	—	37
2021	Excellent	—	38
2020	Very Good	—	38
2019	Excellent	—	39
2018	Very Good	—	39
2017	Good	—	39
2016	Exceptional	—	40	Even season; Bolgheri's reference modern vintage.
2015	Excellent	—	40
2014	Mixed	—	41
2013	Very Good	—	41
2012	Good	—	42
2011	Very Good	—	42
2010	Very Good	—	42
2009	Good	—	42
2008	Very Good	—	43
2007	Very Good	—	43
2006	Excellent	—	43
2005	Good	—	43
2004	Excellent	—	44
2003	Mixed	—	44
2002	Difficult	—	44
2001	Excellent	—	44
2000	Good	—	44
1999	Very Good	—	45
1998	Very Good	—	45
1997	Excellent	—	45
1996	Good	—	45
1995	Very Good	—	46

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What does this wine cost to make?Our estimate: $16–$47 a bottle

We estimate it costs about $16 to $47 to make one bottle of a wine like this. The price in the shop is far higher because the land is scarce, the name is famous, and many hands take a share on the way to you.

One standard bottle, at the winery door. Built in US dollars and shown in your chosen currency.
Component	Low	High
Imputed land cost	$1.28	$7.52
Vineyard operations	$2.44	$6.61
Oak barrels	$0.49	$1.56
Winemaking labour and cellar work	$2.50	$5.00
Cellar aging	$1.20	$3.20
Bottle, closure, label, case and bottling	$4.40	$11.40
Winery overhead	$2.50	$6.00
Financing over the aging period	$0.89	$5.78
Estimated winery production cost	$15.69	$47.07

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Recent auction resultsWhat bottles of this wine fetched when collectors sold them

Prices are in the currency of each sale. Christie’s and Sotheby’s include the buyer’s fee; Hart Davis Hart shows the price before it.
Sale date	Vintage	House and sale	Format	Lot price	Per bottle
Jun 2026	2021	Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Online Day 2: Featuring a Collection Direct from González Byass (sale 25045) · lot 1069	6 × 75 cl	≈$992	≈$165 with premium
Apr 2026	2017	Christie'sFine and Rare Wines and Spirits, Featuring Property from the Cellars of King's College, Cambridge (sale 24533) · lot 742	3 × 150 cl	≈$1,572	≈$524 with premium
Apr 2026	2001	Christie'sFine and Rare Wines and Spirits, Featuring Property from the Cellars of King's College, Cambridge (sale 24533) · lot 104	12 × 75 cl	≈$3,307	≈$276 with premium
Apr 2026	1998	Christie'sFine and Rare Wines and Spirits, Featuring Property from the Cellars of King's College, Cambridge (sale 24533) · lot 103	12 × 75 cl	≈$3,638	≈$303 with premium
Feb 2026	1997	Christie'sThe Historic Cellar of Jürgen Schwarz: Five Decades of Collecting Part II (sale 24460) · lot 268	6 × 75 cl	≈$1,593	≈$265 with premium
Feb 2026	2013	Christie'sThe Historic Cellar of Jürgen Schwarz: Five Decades of Collecting Part II (sale 24460) · lot 267	1 × 150 cl	≈$350	≈$350 with premium
Jan 2026	2010	Christie'sFine and Rare Wines & Spirits Featuring a Library Collection of Screaming Eagle: New York Edition Online (sale 24219) · lot 156	6 × 75 cl	$2,125	$354 with premium
Dec 2025	1997	Christie'sThe Historic Cellar of Jürgen Schwarz: Five Decades of Collecting, Day II (sale 24692) · lot 732	2 × 150 cl	$1,500	$750 with premium
Nov 2025	2017	Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: London Edition (sale 24579) · lot 222	12 × 75 cl	≈$1,819	≈$152 with premium
Nov 2025	2017	Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: London Edition (sale 24579) · lot 221	6 × 75 cl	≈$1,074	≈$179 with premium
Nov 2025	2017	Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online: London Edition (sale 24579) · lot 220	3 × 150 cl	≈$910	≈$303 with premium
Nov 2025	2010	Christie'sFine and Rare Wines Online Featuring The Sierra Cellar (sale 23961) · lot 565	3 × 75 cl	$812	$271 with premium

All lots on record

The detailsClassification, grapes, bottle sizes and the rest

Producer

Ornellaia

Region

Tuscany

Appellation

Bolgheri

Classification

Bolgheri DOC Superiore

Style

Red

Grape composition

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot

Bottle sizes

375 · 750 · 1500 · 3000 ml

Bottles made in a typical year

150,000 bottlesWidely reported

First vintage made

1985

Great years

8 of 28 rated excellent or exceptional

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Wines from the same appellation or region that collectors weigh against this one.

Masseto

Italy's most expensive wine at release: about 30,000 bottles of Merlot from a 7-hectare clay hill.

Sassicaia

The original super Tuscan and Italy's most liquid fine wine: about 200,000 bottles, its own DOC, and a place on the Place de Bordeaux.

Sources

Ornellaia, 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2026.

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