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| Community Tasting Notes (average 96.7 pts. and median of 98 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by AlfonsoGP19 on 3/19/2024 & rated 100 points: lovely wine, very powerful. long life ahead.
i'd give it 97pts (799 views) | | | Tasted by Sundbyberg on 11/28/2023 & rated 92 points: Tasting: I have had the 2013 before and was not very impressed (89), and this keeps underperforming in my book. Do not understand the hype. (1917 views) |
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JancisRobinson.com (9/8/2022)
(Antinori, Solaia IGT Toscana Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Georgina Hindle
Decanter, September releases on the Place de Bordeaux 2022 (7/5/2022)
(Antinori, Solaia, Cabernet Sauvignon, Toscana, Tuscany, Italy, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (6/8/2022)
(Marchesi Antinori Toscana Solaia, Italy) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, 2019 Tuscany Preview (Mar 2022) (3/1/2022)
(Antinori - Tenuta Tignanello Solaia Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Chianti Classico & Neighbors: Looking at the 2020s and 2019s (Jul 2022)
(Antinori Solaia Red) Subscribe to see review text. |
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Producer Location - Tenuta Tignanello (Google Maps)
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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