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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by 67366 on 2/12/2022 & rated 90 points: Opened with a Durand, cork just about intact and poured immediately. Musty aromas blew off very quickly to give a lovely tertiary nose of ripe dark fruits with hints of smoke and sweetness. Very well balanced and retaining some acidity after all this time. Medium bodied with surprisingly delicate red fruit flavours and notes of wood, leather and a little spice. Smooth tannins and a soft medium finish with a little crunch. Probably past its best but holding up remarkably well nonetheless. A privilege to taste this piece of history and fortunately have another bottle which I must open soon. (1346 views) | | | Tasted by mblatino on 2/26/2020 & rated 87 points: The first vintage of Tignanello.
Opened and poured straight away .
Dark cloudy garnet red core with the edges starting to lighten.
On the nose it is tertiary. A closed and musty bouquet which is slowly opening up for some cherry, smoke, violets and orange with time in the glass.
On the palate it is fragile red fruit, soft soft tannins and subtle acidity.
No doubt that this is way beyond it’s best years but I’m impressed by how it’s still hangin’ on for dear life. Medium to medium plus length in the finish.
A very exciting once in a lifetime wine. (1538 views) | | | Tasted by forceberry on 10/18/2018 & rated 96 points: The first vintage of Tignanello, tasted in a vertical of vintages 1971-2004. Does not contain Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend - only Sangiovese and a small percentage of local varieties. According the label this is the bottle #30229 - although some sources say only 25,000 bottles of this vintage were made.
Remarkably - and very surprisingly - deep, extracted dark cherry red color with a mahogany hue and a quite wide, pale brick-orange rim. Savory, restrained and quite nuanced nose with aromas of licorice, some wizened blackcurrants, a little bit of ripe black cherry, light smoky tones and a tertiary hint of raisiny sweetness. The wine is dense, dry and extracted on the palate with concentrated, quite developed and pretty chewy flavors of ripe dark fruits, wizened black cherries, some tart red plums, a little bit of sweet cigar smoke, light woody tones of pencil shavings, a hint of old leather and a touch of sour cherry bitterness. Even at the age of +45 years the wine feels remarkably structured and muscular with its moderately high acidity and grippy, grainy tannins. The finish is grippy, long and powerful with brooding flavors of black cherries, some tannic bitterness, a little bit of sour red plums, light sweeter notes of prunes and wizened dark berries, a hint of savory oak spice and a touch of crunchy redcurrants.
An exceptional blockbuster that shows it age, yet is still remarkably alive and kickin' at almost 50 years of age. In this vertical of Tignanellos, this vintage felt somewhat more youthful than many of the younger vintages and especially the apperance here was exceptionally deep and dark for its age. Comparing this and the vintage 1975 - the two best vintages in the vertical - this wine felt slightly more old-school, while 1975 had a somewhat more modern air to it. However, this wine also felt a bit more straightforward and clumsy, while the vintage 1975 showed more depth, finesse and complexity. Both the vintages were in a class of their own and among some of the best Tuscan reds I've ever tasted, but if push came to shove, I'd say that the vintage 1975 was the better out of the two. (3150 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.TignanelloThe original Super-Tuscan, Tignanello is produced exclusively from the Tignanello vineyard, a 47 hectares (116 acres) southwest-facing, calcareous rocky-marl and limestone soil plot with tufaceous elements, planted between 1,150 and 1,312 feet above sea level at Antinori's Santa Cristina Estate. It was the first Sangiovese to be aged in small oak barrels, the first red wine in modern times to use a non-traditional grape variety, Cabernet, in the blend, and among the first red wines made in Chianti with no white grapes. In all three instances, it set the example for a new breed of exceptional top-of-the-line Italian wine. Tignanello, originally a Chianti Classico Riserva labeled Vigneto Tignanello, was first vinified as a single vineyard wine in the 1970 vintage, when it contained 20% Canaiolo and 5% Trebbiano and Malvasia, and was aged in small oak cooperage. With the 1971 vintage the wine became a Vino da Tavola della Toscana and was named Tignanello after the vineyard from which it originates. Beginning with this vintage, Tignanello stopped adhering to the rules laid down by Chianti Classico Disciplinare, and with the 1975 vintage, white grapes were totally eliminated. Since the 1982 vintage, the blend has been 80% Sangiovese, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc. Tignanello was not produced in the 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1984 and 1992 vintages.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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