Tenuta Tignanello - Marchese Antinori - Chianti Classico Riserva 2021
Marchesi Antinori is located in Tuscany and is one of the largest and most important producers in Italy . The Antinori family has been engaged in the art of winemaking since 1385, when Giovanni di Piero Antinori became a member of the Arte Fiorentina dei Vinattieri (The Brotherhood of Florentine Winegrowers). In 1900, Antinori added the Tignanello vineyard to his portfolio, and Niccolò Antinori and his son Piero began experimenting with then-unheard-of winemaking techniques and grape varieties. The family now owns Today there are several vineyards in Italy and in the rest of the world (Napa Valley, Chile, Romania, etc.).
The Tenuta Tignanello estate is located in the heart of Chianti Classico , in the hills between the Greve and Pesa river valleys. It covers an area of 319 hectares, of which about 130 hectares are dedicated to vines and divided into small plots. individual vineyards. Two of the estate's most prized vineyards are on the same hillside, Tignanello and Solaia , on soils derived from marine marl rich in limestone and shale. The first vintage of Tignanello was released in 1971. Tignanello is the most famous of all Antinori wines and the first Sangiovese aged in barriques, the first contemporary red wine blended with non-traditional grape varieties (especially Cabernet) and one of the first red wines from the Chianti Classico region to do not use white grapes.
Chianti Classico Riserva is made almost entirely with Sangiovese , and a small proportion of other varieties ( Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc ). Since the 2011 vintage, Marchese Antinori has been produced from grapes exclusively from the Tignanello vineyard . They are destemmed, gently pressed and the must is transferred to stainless steel tanks, where alcoholic fermentation took place for about a week. The wine is left in contact with the skins and gentle pumping over is carried out for intense extraction while preserving elegant and supple tannins. The wine is then blended and placed in French and Hungarian oak barrels for about 12 months . The Marchese Antinori Riserva is finally aged in bottle for 12 months .
Grape varieties: Sangiovese (90%), Cabernet Sauvignon/Cabernet Franc (10%)
