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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.8 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 40 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Jeremy Holmes on 4/17/2024: A magnum donated from the Antinori cellars. This was still very fresh and dense. Beautiful cherry fruit. Some pipe tobacco and earth. Complex and detailed and very long. Superb! (284 views) | | | Tasted by dox84 on 12/25/2023 & rated 98 points: Vino perfetto che non risente minimamente degli anni.
Grande complessità al naso giocata principalmente su sentori terziari e bocca con un incredibile equilibrio e ottima spalla acida.
Bevuta incredibile! (700 views) | | | Tasted by Gregmonroe on 12/22/2023: So I bought a cellar; 11/12/2022-12/31/2030: This wine was delicious - for the first hour. It fell off pretty sharply after that. The cork was in good shape for an almost 40 year old wine. Poured red in the glass, with a good amount of bricking. Nose of leather and cherry. Similar profile on the palate - dusty cherry, leather, mushrooms. A fun experience. (696 views) | | | Tasted by tcarter on 12/3/2023 & rated 95 points: Absolutely gorgeous from PnP to the very last sip. (661 views) | | | Tasted by aquacongas on 3/16/2022 & rated 94 points: not blind
Still in good shape, SEcondary and tertiary aromas are dominating, fresh acidity. Some dark cherries and tobacco. 94 (2373 views) | | | Tasted by Guido L. on 1/13/2022: Surprisingly the wine needed a lot of time and air. Decanted and drank over 6 hours. The wine developed more and more. The best glas was the last one. (1910 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 7/13/2020 & rated 91 points: This was certainly pleasant with ripe cherry, leather, and earth but i didn’t find this particularly complex. I’m sure it suffered in comparison to the profound 85 Sassicaia but on its own merits this still seems likely to fall into the “good but not great” category. (3837 views) | | | Tasted by mclanew on 6/15/2019 & rated 95 points: This is in fantastic shape for its age. Fully mature but showing only limited bricking. The aromatics on this wine are a pretty floral and tobacco mix although a little muted. The palate is amazing with a terrific inner core of fruit with flavors of black and red berries, licorice and leather all coming to together in a very nice complex finish. I would drink this soon as I think it may start to decline in the next few years. (3735 views) | | | Tasted by DrZett on 2/2/2019 & rated 94 points: My second time trying this vintage. Once more absolutely fabulous. Great ripe red cherries and berries on the palate. Excellent voluptuous mouthfeeling, beautiful long finish. Do not decant! Although it is an amazing wine it is loosing rapidly after uncorking, better drink fast. (4037 views) | | | Tasted by LoireFan on 8/23/2018 & rated 94 points: All consuming. (3509 views) | | | Tasted by Yassine23 on 5/5/2018: Very nice, lots of cedar, fruit still going but tertiary notes slowly taking over. Has a few more years but in my opinion, great to drink now. (3839 views) | | | Tasted by DrZett on 1/8/2018 & rated 95 points: Wow, never expected this from a 1985 Tignanello. Bottle was in great condition. It was young and fresh, full of beautiful berry flavors, an amazing structure and soft tannins. I have to drink old Tignanellos more often I think. (3400 views) | | | Tasted by retired_and_roving on 10/19/2016: Tignanello Tasting dinner with Renzo Cotarella (La Pizza Fresca Ristorante, NYC): From magnum. No signs of browning. The nose on this is much more muted and less funky than the '79. On the palate this is much more elegant and restrained, the fruit is less prominent and very balanced. Winemaker noted that this is a great wine to see how Tignanello expresses in a cool vintage. Lots of life left in this one. (4370 views) | | | Tasted by barolo300 on 9/4/2016 & rated 94 points: Still drinking really well... fully evolved and full of leather, meat and other wonderful tertiary notes, but no lack of acid or structure... drink now but wouldn't hold too long (3563 views) | | | Tasted by rossi.wine on 6/13/2016 & rated 93 points: Very dark in colour, similar to the 1989 Lafleur. On the nose dark flowers, cherries, smoke, earth. On the palate some Sangiovese rusticity (in the best possible way) - punchy, bright, full of energy. Good fruit still, grippy tannins, super length. Wonderful. Drink up, but no rush based on this bottle. 92-94 (3803 views) | | | Tasted by Poisey on 3/15/2016 & rated 98 points: Very structured and angular out of bottle, Distinctively Tuscan. Tar ash leather and ripe red berry fruit that takes a good hour to open. Lots of power warped up in a solid frame. Rip tannin with a super long finish. A Tignanello for the ages. Stunning. (3630 views) | | | Tasted by Markus IWC on 10/5/2015 & rated 83 points: Kork skadat, past peak känsla, lite murrigt, en bra flaska sannolikt mycket bättre. (1013 views) | | | Tasted by Pknut on 1/30/2014: Smooth and mellow, black palate, resolved. Nothing great. Fairway with the guys. (6468 views) | | | Tasted by cooberp on 1/5/2014 & rated 88 points: Really pronounced VA on the nose, just short of the border of declaring a flaw. Beyond the chemical aromas there's bright red fruit, some florals, and good acid, but not a ton of complexity. (5215 views) | | | Tasted by dcwino on 11/7/2013 & rated 93 points: World Wine Symposium 2013 - Kevin and Kelly's excellent adventure; 11/6/2013-11/14/2013 (Villa D’este, Lake Como): Fresher nose than the 82, also more expressive. Ripe dark fruits, a hint of tobacco, sweet baking spices and tar. Excellent concentration, quite youthful but drinking nicely. (6907 views) | | | Tasted by CO_Roots13 on 5/26/2013 & rated 92 points: Very appealing nose of fig, tobacco and sweet herbs. A little tired, but still some tart red fruit on the palette with plenty of acid. Went very well with the garlic crusted ribeye. (5886 views) | | | Tasted by zscheiner on 12/20/2012 & rated 91 points: Blind Tasting 1985-1990 Super Tuscans (Tom's House, Palo Alto, CA): Complex nose that kept changing, with grilled meat and furniture wax predominant. Youthful palate with sweet raspberry fruit, graphite, some oak influence and nice acidity. A few thought this was showing too much oak but it didn't bother me. (my 2nd, group's 4th) (4285 views) | | | Tasted by europat55 on 12/20/2012 & rated 88 points: 1985-1990 Super Tuscans (Tasted Blind) (Tom's house in Palo Alto, California): Sweet nose. Average palate.
My #6; Group's #4 (62 pts). Tasted blind. (6518 views) | | | Tasted by mrosen on 11/7/2012: Oops. This wine passed its prime. The fruit is now totally absent. And the finish is like a fine salad dressing. (3995 views) | | | Tasted by avp on 10/24/2012: Ripe figgy nose with tobacco, lilacs, lifting herbs and toffee to chocolate wood.
Fullbodied palate with mid-level acidity and some tannic grip. Meaty ripe fruit weight, salt liquorice, stones, leather and tobacco. Long graphite finish.
Complex and balanced ripe fruit wine. Some brightness would be nice. (3774 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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JancisRobinson.com (3/29/2022)
(Antinori, Tignanello Vino da Tavola Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (3/31/2005)
(Antinori, Tignanello Toscana Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (11/12/2007)
(Antinori Tignanello) Group's #2 (my #3) – 35 pts; 1, 3, 1, 0 – medium dark red color with clear meniscus; charcoal, roasted meat and toasty oak nose; tasty, roasted meat and meat jus medium bodied palate with charcoal and integrated toasty oak; medium-plus finish 92 points |
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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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