1991 Antinori Tignanello

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 90.1 points

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  12/19/2021 - ikkaariainen Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Superb but needs air - needs at least a short splash decant or some time in the open glass before consumption. Our only bottle, acquired as part of a much larger cellar purchase. Drink not hold - at peak or perhaps just beyond peak with some good years left with proper cellaring but at this point expect a slow degradation not further improvement. Deep purple, peripheral bricking present, still quite a big wine, very smooth and now completely integrated with the Bdx grapes currently dominant over the sangiovese. Long aftertaste. French style barnyard initially present on both nose and palate. Once that blew off the nose showed dark plum, brambles and rose with palate more tertiary of up front stewed plum, blueberry and tar with notes of cedar, tobacco and a hint of gasoline later in the palate. Has held up extremely well. Strongly recommend with the caveat that any remaining holdings need to be drunk up soon.

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  1/30/2021 - Dijosa Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Zu Ossobuco al Barolo. Transparentes Purpurrot mit rostfarbenen Reflexen. In der Nase zurückhaltend. Eine Ahnung von reifen Himbeeren, Cassis, Schuhpolitur und Leder. Leichte Tertiärnoten mit Nuancen von Malaga. Am Gaumen wiederum Anspielungen von Himbeere und Dörrfeige. Im Abgang Leder, Grafit und Zedernholz. Vollkommen eingebundene, dennoch präsente Säure, die dem Wein trotz seiner dreissig Lenze eine erstaunliche Frische verleiht. Schöne runde Tannine machen den Wein geschmeidig, ohne ihn kraftlos erscheinen zu lassen. Mittlerer Körper und erstaunlich anhaltendes Finale. Ein komplexer, vielschichtiger Wein, der an einen Grand Cru aus dem Burgund erinnert. Grossartig! Jetzt trinken.

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  11/22/2019 - Hanibal Likes this wine: 91 Points

  surprisingly still alive for a bad year in Tuscany

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  10/21/2017 - lbiagioni wrote: 95 Points

  Amazing, 26-year old wine. Still powerful, perfect acidity, soft tannins. Only negative aspect is that these bottles are running out :(

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  3/22/2017 - NineteenEightyTwo Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Medium-dark crimson color. Dark, very tertiary nose of shoe polish, with a light mineral aroma. The palate is light-bodied compared with other vintages of Tignanello, a reflection of the rainy conditions prevailing in 1991. Cedar wood notes transition to a dustily dry finish. This is clearly on the downslope. Having tried mostly OK-to-great vintages of this wine (1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2004), I found the relatively strong performance of this wine illustrative. I believe that a defining characteristic of great wines is that they can be good even in poor vintages (e.g. 1984 Mouton-Rothschild). Based on this example, Tignanello ranks among the greats. Consume immediately.

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