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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.7 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 14 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by _water.into.wine_ on 10/8/2020 & rated 90 points: One of the true, original super tuscans, seeking to recreate bordeaux blends from Italian terroir and climates.
This was served blind, and was a total dead ringer for bordeaux. Everyone around the table could identify it as a Cabernet dominate wine, but nobody could pick this as Italian.
At 12.5%, this was as classic as it gets, and I guessed it as 1986 Chateau Latour 🤷🏻♂️. Pencil. Leather. Cigar. Wood. Some green pepper.
From what I understand, 1989 was a very cold year by Italian standards, so it probably was the equivalent of a 'normal' one in bordeaux.
Just a total delight, and WORLDs apart from the absurd, and over the top, highly alcoholic fruit bombs being produced now in the super tuscan region. From ST (1295 views) | | | Tasted by SARED on 2/24/2020 & rated 95 points: 30 min after pnp the mustiness blew off and revealed a beatiful red fruited, soft elegant wine with gentle tannin. Not sure if it would hold in the glass for a couple hours. (1773 views) | | | Tasted by David J Cooper on 1/31/2019 & rated 88 points: Probably didn't give this the time it deserved, although it didn't seem all that interesting. Tarry dark fruit and a bit of menthol is all I wrote in my note. (1941 views) | | | Tasted by Fernando81 on 4/2/2018: A 29yo oldie! dusty aroma on my 1st solaia..like old dark chocolate. Brick garnet red med intensity .Silky smooth and fine grained tannins. The fruit has desintegrated =/. Finish is soft.. alcohol 12.5 %vol. I can tell the elegance and quality this must have had.. Not for this bottle anymore unfortunately it heydays lay behind. (2399 views) | | | Tasted by nbkoapn on 8/22/2015: Drink this one right from bottle. Had some berry fruit to start with but faded after 20 minutes so not worth the decant. (4354 views) | | | Tasted by mike l. on 5/4/2015 & rated 86 points: cork and bottle in pristine and correct condition.
we let this decant for a couple hours and all said it was tight and uninteresting. very disappointing. (3698 views) | | | Tasted by christophee on 5/3/2015 & rated 90 points: Garnet with violet edges and med-heavy viscosity in the glass. Nose of plum, cedar, red and black fruit, crushed pepper, bell pepper and tobacco. Med-full body with balanced and persistent red and dark fruit, spice and greenness on the palate. High-quality, but lacking character. Long, boring finish. 90 is based on taste at cork ’n pour. Opening it robbed the little character it had. (3349 views) | | | Tasted by mwanasheria on 5/17/2014 & rated 93 points: 1989 in the Rheingau (Eltville, Rheingau, Germany): Sweet nose but with some greenness of bell pepper. On the palate silky and elegant, underwood, damp earth. Quite nice. (4639 views) | | | Tasted by rossi.wine on 7/10/2013 & rated 95 points: Lovely colour, vibrant garnet. Fantastic nose, mushrooms, wood, spices, incense, sweet fruit. Fresh and round, very smooth, mineral, complex, ripe berries, so elegant and refined, very long, beautiful wine, drink now. (4054 views) | | | Tasted by peter.mancell@mfg.com.au on 3/1/2013 & rated 93 points: Lovely food wine which paired beautifully with Tuscan herbed lamb.
Cork still great despite 24 years. Smooth as silk with a long finish. Very elegant wine. (2415 views) |
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The Antinori family has produced wine since 1385 when Giovanni di Piero Antinori joined the Florentine Winemakers Guild. Throughout its long history (across 26 generations) the family has always managed winemaking in person. Today, the company is managed by Marquis Piero Antinori. The company has dedicated great efforts to improving the quality of its wines, through careful planning of investments and research programs embracing all production aspects. The success of these programs has enabled the company to produce a superb range of quality wines from its various estates in Tuscany and Umbria. The Tignanello Estate is home to the famous Tignanello and Solaia vineyards. Located between the Greve and Pesa Valleys, in the heart of the Chianti Classic area, 30 kilometers south of Florence, Tignanello boasts 350 hectares of land with 147 hectares of vines. The vineyards are divided into small, individual areas over an area of 47 hectares at Tignanello, facing South-West, and the neighboring 10 hectares at Solaia, both with Cabernet and Sangiovese grapes that benefit from specific exposure and micro-climate.SuperTuscan BlendSuperTuscan Blend refers to wines which feature a significant Sangiovese component combined with grapes not traditionally associated with Italy like Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon. This separates it from "Sangiovese blend" which is used for wines which are predominantly Sangiovese and combined with traditional Italian varieties. There is often confusion as many wines most famous associated with the term "Super Tuscan" like Sassicaia, Masseto and Ornellaia have no Sangiovese and are properly linked to 'Red Bordeaux Blend.'
In fact, Super Tuscan was a term coined to refer specifically to wines such as Sassicaia and Tignanello. These were wines that "fell out" of the official DOCG classification of Italian wines because they either contained grapes not permitted (international varietals such as cabernet sauvignon or merlot,) were aged differently (I.e. in barrique) or were 100% sangiovese - which was not permitted at the time for Chianti (E.g. Fontodi Flaccianello.) Forced to be classified as simply "Vina di Tavola" these wines nontheless quickly found favour in international markets and comanded prices above the highest quality DOCG Chianti Classico & Brunello di Montalcino wines at the time. The wine industry and press began to refer to these wines as SuperTuscans because of their popularity and quality, but also because of the prices they commanded. Subsequently, the Italian authorities, under the Goria Law 1992, redrew the classifications, and included the category IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) to classify the SuperTuscans.Italy Italian Wines (ItalianMade.com, The Italian Trade Commission) | Italian Wine Guide on the WineDoctorTuscany Tuscany (ItalianMade.com) | TuscanytToscana IGTHere is the Wikipedia entry for Toscana wine. |
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