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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 492 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Isaac L on 5/12/2024 & rated 93 points: Mellowed and more well integrated than the last bottle in 2020, with secondary notes showing. Was good value but Tignanello prices have since increased. (1068 views) | | | Tasted by rossi.wine on 4/25/2024 & rated 94 points: Tasted next to Antinori's 2010 Guado al Tasso. Fragrant nose, red/dark fruit, spices, floral notes. When tasting without food, almost a little austere at first, bright acidity, firm and drying tannins. A lot more mellow and balanced with food, quite sublime in fact with an excellent mutton dish. Very long and vibrant finish. Drink or keep. 93-95 (1569 views) | | | Tasted by Ridgerunner on 4/25/2024 & rated 94 points: wonderful stuff (1420 views) | | | Tasted by NoelB on 4/24/2024 flawed bottle: Very bretty. Disappointing (1590 views) | | | Tasted by Vinogan(s) on 3/8/2024 & rated 89 points: Feels like a bordeaux. But like so many bordeaux, it is plagued by excessive bitterness (from the wood). Very poor qpr and not a style I still favor (2835 views) | | | Tasted by Kris G on 3/4/2024 & rated 89 points: Spicy, some minerals but this wine is dominated by a bitter touch originating from the heavy toasted barrels. Not the best QPR. (2701 views) | | | Tasted by Lollipop on 3/1/2024 & rated 93 points: Classic Tignanello. Big and generous but with gentle tannins and well integrated oak. Was delicious from the start but we decanted it and it continued to open up through the night. We drank it along side a few left bank bordeauxs and the oak became more noticeable in contrast. (2386 views) | | | Tasted by Joshvoulters on 2/10/2024 & rated 95 points: Dinner at Peter's: Thoroughly enjoyed this: all the energy and angularity you could want- fresh and deep cherry fruit, mint and roast herbs, some meaty notes- but really it's the heady fruit which dominates proceedings. Primary fruit on the palate, tangy and rich, with a velvety smoothness punctuated by zippy acidity. The character is totally in my sweet spot and just had the 'thing'. Loved it. (3297 views) | | | Tasted by King Julien on 1/19/2024 & rated 93 points: Decanted 1 hour. (3315 views) | | | Tasted by N.Bonaparte on 12/7/2023 & rated 93 points: About 18 months since my last bottle. This needed about an hour in the glass to unfurl. Once this opened, the balance and finish were phenomenal. This is likely in or near its prime but has everything required to age gracefully for at least a decade but more likely 2 decades. Revisit 2027 (3909 views) | | | Tasted by Mjfick on 11/23/2023: Very earthy (3216 views) | | | Tasted by Mnawacki on 11/17/2023 & rated 93 points: Minimum half hour decant required to open this up. A tightly knit core of red cherries and dark plums with savoury spice and tobacco notes. Some earthiness on the nose, good acidity and smooth tannins, with a very long finish. I don't think this gets any better from here. (3402 views) | | | Tasted by Édifice on 11/4/2023 & rated 95 points: Bouquet of ripe dark berries, vanilla, mint, undergrowth. Very lush, smooth palate of ripe dark berries, nice subtle acidity, some roasted elements sticking out a bit, leading to a spicy long finish. Great wine, slightly „too modern“ to be even better in today’s terms. Always a great pleasure too drink! (3591 views) | | | Tasted by Plabella on 10/16/2023 & rated 95 points: No matter how this wine is rated I have always enjoyed drinking a Tig. It is always well constructed, balanced with a great month feel. (3794 views) | | | Tasted by Dpark8 on 10/15/2023 & rated 90 points: Not as impressive as expected.
Tignanello seems to be a wine that I've felt does not live up to its name value (3000 views) | | | Tasted by Handy1 on 10/4/2023 & rated 94 points: Slow ox 5 hours. Held its own with blind sangiovese tasting against some brunellos and flaccaniello with black cherry some earth. Well balanced no rush on this one although tannins largely resolved (3388 views) | | | Tasted by Kmmk on 9/30/2023 & rated 96 points: In one word: Superb.
it was just about right out of the bottle but a 90-minute aeration brought it all together. Beautiful dark ruby hue with scents of baking spice, dark fruit with a floral background. Pleasant medium-heavy weight on the palate with notes of ripe dark cherries, sous-bois and a good amount of eucalyptus. Tannins, oak and acidity were all excellently balanced with nothing out of place. Showed a good amount of complexity and freshness at the same time.
It's in a great place right now but has all the right stuff to go another decade or longer. It shows no signs of quitting. (3031 views) | | | Tasted by Renevin on 9/8/2023 & rated 94 points: Très beau nez tout en finesse. Fruit rouge, floral. En bouche, moyennement corsé. Tout en rondeur, tanins soyeux. C est fruité et de bonne longueur. Tres beau vin qui se laisse boire rapidement (3306 views) | | | Tasted by RayOB on 8/30/2023 & rated 93 points: Drank at 67
So young and fresh, delicious (3169 views) | | | Tasted by La Grappe on 8/9/2023 & rated 93 points: Only about a week since we had the first of these, but it was so good we had to try another! A very dark colour, and an intense, smoky palate with dark fruit and good length. This is very attractive now but will keep for some years and should continue to improve. (3333 views) | | | Tasted by drrobvino on 8/4/2023 & rated 93 points: 4th Tig from my 6 pack, last had a bottle only a few months ago.
Firing on all cylinders, I think it is in a sweet spot and will drink nicely for a handful more years, before starting a gradual decline.
Lovely Super Tuscan, 80% Sangio, showing bright berry fruit with anise, savory red meaty notes, and an endearing minty quality.
Tannins are just right, with good acids and a long and complex finish. (3152 views) | | | Tasted by La Grappe on 8/1/2023 & rated 92 points: A dark colour and dark cherry and blackcurrant fruit, full, well rounded and long. There is a little tannin in the background, but this is excellent now. (2978 views) | | | Tasted by Kris G on 7/29/2023 & rated 90 points: A first still closed, during the second day it came open with still quite a lot of fruit left, but the use of toasted oak is not so well dosed I feel. (2979 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 7/27/2023 & rated 91 points: A private dinner with friends (Restaurant 212 **, Amsterdam, NL): Revisited after seven years. I just don't get Tignanello, I guess. It has that sweet-and-sour character which I also noted in the 2017 recently, and I don't see the point of that. The tannins are still pretty firm. Not sure where this is going. (3724 views) | | | Tasted by t0pshelf on 7/11/2023: My last tasting note for this wine was effusive, but this bottle didn't quite live up to it. Still a very fine wine and it was a delight. Maybe starting to get a bit past its prime. (3147 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Decanter, Antinori Masterclass (11/16/2019)
(Antinori, Tignanello, Toscana, Tuscany, Italy, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Michaela Morris
Decanter, Michaela Morris Tignanello & Solaia vertical (2/14/2018)
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WineAlign (6/7/2014)
(Tignanello, Igt Toscana red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Sara d'Amato
WineAlign (6/5/2014)
(Tignanello, Igt Toscana red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (2/21/2014)
(Antinori, Tignanello IGT Toscana Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Gary Walsh
The WINEFRONT (11/19/2013)
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Vinous, In a Tuscan State of Mind (Aug 2013)
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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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