:51:07
Oak barrels are fundamental
to making wine.
:51:12
The Italians
call them "barriques" too.
:51:15
So barrels are really in fashion
in Tuscany these days.
:51:19
There didn't use to be
any barrels in Tuscany.
:51:22
They've been used in Tuscany
only very recently.
:51:25
We put each wine, from
separate vats, into oak barrels.
:51:28
Before, wines matured slowly.
:51:33
Now, since people
want to drink at once,
:51:36
we had to create this idea
of maturity with technology.
:51:40
But in the end, the natural way
of ageing a wine is the best.
:51:45
Like those great
20-year-old Burgundies.
:51:51
That's when I get real sensations
from the wine.
:51:54
Then I wonder:
"My God, what am I doing?"
:51:56
And I must go back to my vulgarity.
Because all these modern products
:52:00
are a bit vulgar
compared to an old Burgundy.
:52:06
Two years ago,
this wine cost 75, 000 lire.
:52:11
That's 35 euros.
:52:19
You want the truth about Ornellaia?
:52:22
Ornellaia was acquired by Mondavi.
:52:28
The same year, it became
the N ยบ 1 wine in the world
:52:32
in the Wine Spectator.
:52:36
No need to say more.
:52:39
It speaks for itself.