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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.1 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 358 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by IvanKrazy on 10/27/2023 & rated 92 points: Drinking beautiful and still very alive. Color does not show its 22 years and certainly not its nose that is so expressive right away. (1675 views) | | | Tasted by SMHalps on 9/3/2023 & rated 94 points: Once again, a big hit with my wine group. Showing spices and a long finish, this was a treat for all of us. (1699 views) | | | Tasted by bjlcrucrazy on 5/16/2023: Still lively and showing lots of tertiary development. (2278 views) | | | Tasted by SMHalps on 3/5/2023 & rated 95 points: Opened but not decanted for over an hour before pouring. Part of a wine dinner at an Italian restaurant and the unanimous group favorite. (2522 views) | | | Tasted by diegovilla'ch on 2/13/2023 & rated 92 points: Opened the night prior drinking.
Level was quite low for a '01, the cork was completely soggy, probably seeping due to bad cellaring.
Nevertheless the wine was okay, deep dark garnet, bricking rim, viscous and with slow legs.
Elegant complex nose, crème de cassis, dried prunes, macerated black cherries, espresso, cigar box, old leather, burnt cinnamon, lead pencil, forest floor, dried mushrooms, vanilla, dried rosemary and rose petals..
Mouthwise the wine has a medium body, medium acidity and medium plus minerality, resolved tannins, very nice concentrated.
There's still some black and red fruits, roasted cocoa, burnt tobacco, black pepper, dried herbs, forest floor, very well rounded and bordeaux-ish.
The wine is really silky and smooth, with a nice structure yet and a wonderful finish.
Alcohol is very well integrated and so the oak.
Overall a very nice experience but i believe this particular bottle had already passed its peak, due to seepage and storing problems.
I think a well stored '01 Tignanello would have been much less developed after 22 years, so if you have a good bottle probably you can wait 3/5 years from now, this particular bottle was a little tired, could easily be a 94 instead of 92. (2498 views) | | | Tasted by WineWallGuy on 1/11/2023: B o G Wine dinner at Brosnan Bat cave (1963 views) | | | Tasted by lbiagioni on 12/31/2022 flawed bottle: Past due, we saved this bottle too long. The wine was dead. (1655 views) | | | Tasted by rinnocenzi on 12/18/2022 & rated 94 points: Beautiful wine but can hold for another 5-10 years (1362 views) | | | Tasted by Sw244 on 12/2/2022 & rated 95 points: Read a few tasting notes on this being past its peak. Was a bit worried when I initially opened it to find the nose and palate with little fruit and mostly notes of heavy cedar and leather.
Quick decant and 30 minutes later this wine absolutely sprang to life. Nose of cherry, dark berries, leather, smoke and cedar. Incredible nose and kept getting more powerful with more air. Balanced palate of cassis, dark cherry, cedar, leather and lead pencil. Tannins perfectly integrated with a vibrant acidity keeping this wine almost youthful for such an oldie at 22 years. A smooth velvety finish of almost a full minute.
I've never experienced such a rapid transformation in a bottle of wine. If I wasn't paying attention I'd swear someone switched my glass. Pretty cool. Looking forward to my other 3 bottles I was lucky enough to score in auction. They must have been stored well and has definitely a few more years ahead. (1202 views) | | | Tasted by Bolzano2022 on 11/24/2022 & rated 93 points: The wine was very well integrated. It is maintaining its intensity and structure. Pleasant leather, cedar, some black fruits, well rounded integrated tannin. It was very easy to drink. I felt that it is in its peak or little over peak. I found this stage to be very comfortable and good to drink. (1080 views) | | | Tasted by mfimiani47 on 11/6/2022 & rated 94 points: This wine kept on taking on new shapes and forms over the night. Drank it alongside a 2006 Tignanello. Tannins have resolved. Distinctive tignanello nose and the finish keeps you wanting to take another sip. Goes on forever. (1210 views) | | | Tasted by Torvalm on 11/5/2022 & rated 100 points: Outstanding - worth the wait, I had the 1998 a couple years ago so thought it was time to drink and boy was I right! (1149 views) | | | Tasted by The Drunken Cyclist on 11/4/2022 & rated 92 points: Retail $110. 80% Sangiovese, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot. I have been holding onto this bottle for a couple of decades now and the right person came by to justify opening it. Dark, on the verge of brooding, with dark to black fruit (stewed blackberry, plum, cassis) with an abundance of spice an earth. The palate is amazingly balanced and tart with subtle fruit and depth, this really is gangbusters. Fantastic
www.thedrunkencyclist.com (1295 views) | | | Tasted by Lars1974 on 10/19/2022 & rated 95 points: Really good right now. Cherries, cassis and vanilla. Smooooth tannins and good acidity. (1144 views) | | | Tasted by Juliansi on 8/27/2022 & rated 92 points: Tignanello... one of my favourite names in all of wine. I loved the 2016 bro KN shared over CNY and now we had the chance to try a properly aged one!
Over 2 decades old, and still showing such vibrance and liveliness. Perfume nose, followed by luscious cherry and blackberry fruits.
Masterful blend of 85% Sangiovese with 10% Cab Sauv and 5% Cab Franc, this Super Tuscan packs an incredible punch beating many Bordeauxs. And the finish.. Simply long, so long!
Thank you @SKT for the generous sharing of this hard to find bottle, and your slow ox decanting technique in the bottle for 4 hours was a masterful touch!
I remember all of us guessed Bordeaux and even Napa... but it was the mighty Tig! Lovely!!!
7th of 11, lunchtime at Casa @SKT
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 27 Aug 2022 (1447 views) | | | Tasted by LayTan on 5/2/2022 & rated 100 points: The 2001 Tignanello is a stellar! Decanted this and enjoyed over 4 hours in a blind tasting alongside a 2009 Angelus, 2014 La Fleur Petrus and 2017 Caymus. Still fresh and youthful and full of cassis, with impeccable volume and depth. The French guy in the group commented "this wine is damned good! How can it not be a Bordeaux?" My husband and I agreed this Tig beats all the other wines in the tasting. No one could believe it's a 21 year old wine, it can easily keep for many more years. (1976 views) | | | Tasted by Benczik on 4/1/2022 & rated 93 points: This bottle was preserved perfectly. After a 1.5 hour decant it was poured and enjoyed over a 2 hour dinner. The wine was very smooth and delicious. Lots of blackberry and fruit. Pleasantly surprised! (1827 views) | | | Tasted by VinhoVerde on 2/11/2022 & rated 90 points: Deep red color. New oak and cassis bouquet. On the palate, very smooth and round.Mature. Bordeaux-like flavor. (2192 views) | | | Tasted by RKatzDO on 2/9/2022 & rated 93 points: Not going anywhere. Stored since release at 55. Quite stunning, no essence of age, amazing balance and level of fruit for this perfectly aged wine. Give it 1-20 years and enjoy! (2023 views) | | | Tasted by Wineshington on 1/28/2022 & rated 88 points: Wine was tired. Especially on the palette (2074 views) | | | Tasted by Benoit Hardy on 10/26/2021 & rated 94 points: Drunk in Palazzo Antinori - Firenze
Here we find the fullness of a wine at its peak with blooming aromas of truffles and spices.
The palate is fully expressed with a totally loose, silky and complex juice that opens up in layers on aromas of black fruits and chocolate. It's dense and perfectly served by a nice acidity that offers balance and tone. Nice silky peacock tail finish on truffle and mushrooms with great length.
Excellent (2469 views) | | | Tasted by Gian on 9/22/2021 flawed bottle: unfortunately the bottle was not in a perfect status (2186 views) | | | Tasted by levicn on 6/28/2021 & rated 93 points: 深宝石红酒体，闻香是红黑果，法桶香气，有一点点酱味，能感觉到鲜味，入口酸度漂亮，单宁紧实，颗粒细腻，咸鲜口感，收尾微甜，旧世界风格明显，红黑果混合的香气，一些泥土气息，余味是蓝莓和木质香气。一支大气，成熟，优雅的酒，各方面都照顾得很妥帖 (2489 views) | | | Tasted by Jim B on 5/28/2021 flawed bottle: Had one a month ago it was specular, this bootle was bad. Win some lose some... (2426 views) | | | Tasted by The_Cat on 5/28/2021 & rated 93 points: Crimson red. Complex nose of fruit compot, some mushrom and wet forest floor. Medium to full bodied with elegant multilayered finish (2282 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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JancisRobinson.com (9/30/2009)
(Antinori, Tignanello IGT Toscana Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Antinori: Tignanello and Solaia Revisited (Nov 2008)
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JancisRobinson.com (10/1/2005)
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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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