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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.1 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 249 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Condrieu82 on 5/8/2024 & rated 96 points: Wow - what a wine. Decanted for 4 hours. Ruby color, very expressive nose with cherries, red currants, bright and vivid. Great acidity, dense, deep black currants and cherries, tobacco, dried flowers, elegant with medium tannins - approachable with air now - with a long ending with elegant oak. A very very good wine - drink with air or wait some years for further development. (2416 views) | | | Tasted by franinnyc on 3/8/2024 & rated 93 points: A little tight. But definitely in the drinking window. (5499 views) | | | Tasted by Plabella on 3/3/2024 & rated 95 points: delicious (5010 views) | | | Tasted by Kim Gerner on 2/21/2024 & rated 94 points: Getting better and better as development continues. 94+ (5840 views) | | | Tasted by Fatty Cat on 1/27/2024 & rated 92 points: 0.375 L bottle late Jan 2024 at a restaurant: deep dark red color; bouquet of red berries, red cherries and hints of dark chocolate; like sour cherry juice in the mouth; noble smooth texture. (6080 views) | | | Tasted by AP MD on 1/26/2024 & rated 95 points: We drank this bottle at an Indian restaurant. I don't recommend the pairing. Nonetheless, the wine showed up well. We decanted for about an hour and a half before drinking. The nose is rich with leather, cocoa, and dark berries. The tannins were well-integrated after about 90 minutes. Dark cherries on the palate plus a long finish. This is under-rated by others IMHO. (5402 views) | | | Tasted by ocwineo on 1/23/2024 & rated 92 points: Big tannins but ample fruit to help balance the wine-this wine would benefit with a few more years in the cellar (5127 views) | | | Tasted by Realityrichard on 12/6/2023 & rated 93 points: Tignanello 15 vs Ornellaia 08
Intense rot leuchtend. Obwohl er 8 Jahre auf der Uhr hat, steht der Tignanello noch jugendlich auf der Fruchtseite mit beerigen Tönen.
Im direkten Vergleich zum Ornellaia hat er das Nachsehen. Hier stellt sich der ältere Kollege in allen Bereichen mit breiterer Brust auf: Komplexität, finish aber auch preislich.
Der Tignanello ist ein feiner und elegant zugänglicher Wein. Ich sehe ihn allerdings nicht in einer 100 EUR+ Preisrange. Würde ihn sofort wieder kaufen und gerne trinken, allerdings nur bei Preisen um die 75 EUR rum. Das Hypebeast fliegt mir aktuell etwas zu hoch. (6935 views) | | | Tasted by LonnieLatour95 on 12/4/2023 & rated 92 points: Opened for my birthday. Not offering up a lot initially. Decanted for a few hours before it started to show anything of interest. Was still a bit flat and restrained so I poured it back into the bottle, put it in the fridge and revisited it again the next day.
Day 2 and it's a lot better but I was still expecting more. Not as powerful, fragrant or rich as I was hoping but I think, or hope,.it's just a phase and it will open out with time. Revisit again in a few years and see where it's at. (5868 views) | | | Tasted by AAJR on 11/26/2023 & rated 95 points: PnP’d. Really good - one of the best Tig’s I’ve tried? (5589 views) | | | Tasted by VAGenius on 11/17/2023 & rated 94 points: 60 minute decant. Tight, dense nose of cherries, chocolate, sandalwood, and oak. Rich palate pairs black cherry and black plum fruit with iron and prickly red fruit acidity. Firm tannins on the finish with red leather, red plum, and a long intense tobacco finish. High quality wine but this needs more time in the bottle or a much longer decant. (4834 views) | | | Tasted by CHarder on 9/30/2023 & rated 91 points: A bit underwhelming. Light and lacking some depth. Fresh and rounded. Will give it another 2-3yrs to see if it puts on some weight (7109 views) | | | Tasted by Sebastian80 on 9/2/2023 & rated 95 points: Intense and complex nose with a mix of fruit (cherry but also dark fruit), barnyard, and oak. Well structured and lots of layers. There’s also meat, leather tobacco and dark chocolate. Grippy, dusty tannins. Long finish. Somewhat in between maximum primary fruit and tertiary aromas. Very subjective if it should be tried now or not (but I think I prefer it either younger or older). (6757 views) | | | Tasted by adams.damiani on 8/5/2023 & rated 91 points: Good but not superb!!! (7156 views) | | | Tasted by Cake & Fine Wine on 5/29/2023 & rated 93 points: Very nice, but maybe it needs more time. The meteoric rise of the super Tuscan. I paid 75 quid for this bottle. I paid 80 quid for the 2018 (about 18 months ago). It’s now selling for 300 quid a bottle! I’d be a bit pissed if I’d paid 300 quid. (9432 views) | | | Tasted by FiggySmalls on 4/28/2023: tldr: drinking well (was unpleasantly closed after release) but not near its peak. balanced but fairly mild acid and tannin against ripe fruit.
on pnp nose is mildly muted but packed with a type of deep but high-toned fruit perfume typical m of Bedrock field blends+meets ripe sangio that's next level. leather and a pleasant smokiness also stand out.
opens quickly and is drinking very well. no regret uncorking "for science." (8700 views) | | | Tasted by galewskj on 4/2/2023 & rated 93 points: $100 wine event (Liz's House): 4 hour decant. Beef blood, full-bodied, cherry, clearly Italian. This was paired with the 2016. The 2016 will be better someday, but the 2015 was better today. (8685 views) | | | Tasted by 3daywinereview.com on 3/31/2023 & rated 92 points: $100 Plus Tasting Year 2 (Minneapolis, MN): Decanted 4 plus hours and showing well. Blueberries, floral, dried leaves, mild spice and nice red currants. Really in a good window right now. Drink now to 2028. (7790 views) | | | Tasted by Montana on 3/19/2023 & rated 94 points: I know everyone is supposed to be amazed by this wine but this was a really great bottle - for sure up to its hype. This may well merit more than my 94. No excess anything but wonderfully smooth and flavorful. (7723 views) | | | Tasted by Rieslingfan on 12/23/2022: Should have decanted, but unfortunately not an option, so I poured a small glass about 90 minutes in advance. At about the two hour mark it began to open up with red & black fruit and cedary notes. A little later it gained further depth, and integrated more, though the tannins always remained quite firm. Definitely lots of material for positive development, just much too early for a full showing. Still fun to try! (8916 views) | | | Tasted by Ulveström on 12/17/2022 & rated 96 points: Roasted barriques, tobacco, leather, dark fruit but also mixed with red berries. High concentration but at the same time balanced and pleasant to drink. Slight bitternes that I often find i sangiovese, quite big tannins, nice and refreshin acidity. Four years since release is noticeable and has for sure made it come together allthough I didnt try it back then. Really nice to drink now but will live for decades if you prefer it older. (7499 views) | | | Tasted by kend707 on 11/19/2022 & rated 93 points: Very tart red cherry. This will be a big winner in 7 to 10 years. May be a 96 or 97 by then. (7685 views) | | | Tasted by JerM on 11/3/2022 & rated 92 points: Effusive dark florals, ripe black fruit, lifted blackcurrant and plums. Sweet spices, savoury leather. Sweetens up with time… elegant structure, layered. Finished with great perfume. Has settled, but a great life ahead. (8813 views) | | | Tasted by SH Wu on 10/6/2022 & rated 94 points: Slow-oxed 24 hours. The vibrancy of the red/black fruits as this wine opens is beautiful. Orange rind, mint and rose petal add more energy to the sip. Although the wine is already tasting great, the edges are still a bit rough on this wine.
Paired with A5 wagyu NY strip - the brightness of the fruit really lightens the load of the steak's fat. (9331 views) | | | Tasted by Macdog on 9/26/2022: This was the vintage they had at san martino on lake iseo. What a treat to try, but too young. Lovely but not ready and will get better. Hold (but we already knew that didn’t we). (8046 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (6/22/2023)
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Vinous, 2016 Chianti Classico – A Modern Day Benchmark (Aug 2019) (8/1/2019)
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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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