Levantine Hill Glen Garvald Ornelias 2023 from the Yarra Valley is a bold, highly worked “Super Tuscan”–style red – a serious cellar candidate that fuses plush fruit with savoury bite and precision.

In the glass, Glen Garvald Ornelias 2023 is dense yet elegant, bursting with mulberry, blood orange, Amaretto, Szechuan pepper, black tea and cocoa powder, with the earthy asperity of Sangiovese tightening and energising the Bordelaise fruit core. The palate is richly layered but balanced, showing juicy dark fruits, spice, fine tannins and a long, structured finish in keeping with Levantine Hill’s climate‑change‑focused Glen Garvald range.

This Ornelias blend is built for hearty dishes – think bistecca, braised lamb shoulder, rich tomato‑based pasta, Tuscan bean stews or aged hard cheeses – where its “regal rusticity” and savoury frame wrap beautifully around robust flavours. It’s very much a contemplative, food‑driven red that will develop further complexity with time in the cellar.