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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.3 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 350 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by UTPK on 5/11/2024: Mature and ready to drink. Starting to brick around the edges. Nose of sur bois, leather, tobacco and other tertiary armomas. On the palate it is sweet, but no heat can he detected from the warm 2009 vintage. Age has given it a leaner and refined structure. Tannins are in the background. Multilayered and joyful to drink. Perfect marriage of Cab and Sangiovese. (217 views) | | | Tasted by rdsboca on 2/18/2024 & rated 93 points: Tannins were well integrated. Got better after an hour in decanter. Earthy tones and dark red cherry fruit with a touch of earth. Yummy. May not get better with time but damn good now. (1554 views) | | | Tasted by maxima on 2/14/2024 & rated 92 points: Encore une fois excellent.
Souple et suave, long et complexe.
Toujours délicieux, un de mes vins fétiches...
c'est ce vin qui m'a fait découvrir les super Toscans
en 1995! (1478 views) | | | Tasted by Stevie_chams91 on 2/12/2024 & rated 94 points: Fantastic. Dark cherry/ tobacco taste. Can still taste fruit. Subtle tannins (1255 views) | | | Tasted by JeffAHarrison on 1/30/2024: 75% Sangiovese, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc (1467 views) | | | Tasted by scotty_b on 1/26/2024 & rated 95 points: Notes of cedar, tobacco, pencil lead, sweet blackberry, dark cherry, savory herbs, espresso, and subtle forest floor. Pure and elegant. High minerality and salinity. Understated and lighter in weight compared to other vintages. Acidity was biting initially, but it improved over the course of 3 hours. After spending several weeks in Chianti, it seems like many of the top Gran Selezione wines are chasing this style. (1348 views) | | | Tasted by sooper65 on 12/9/2023 & rated 94 points: Cannot fault this. Juicy, dark and hedonistic with sumptuous sweetness and great balance. Well tasty (1589 views) | | | Tasted by tedcholl on 11/3/2023 & rated 94 points: My 4th Tignanello vintage, this 2009 also my oldest vintage. Very smooth, resolved tannins, with lots of fresh vibrant fruit. Red and dark fruit, dried red cherry, tobacco leaf, leather, licorice, and violets. Long lingering finish. Wonderful wine. (1930 views) | | | Tasted by Fftjr on 7/14/2023 & rated 95 points: Absolutely delicious. Deep red, well blended tannins. Could use 2 hour decant. Has at least 5 years left. (2803 views) | | | Tasted by caspernick on 4/19/2023 & rated 95 points: A murky, deep garnet colored with some light staining and medium viscosity legs (14% ABV). The nose is stupendous- pronounced intensity aromas of ripe blackberry, vanilla, baking spices, cedar, tobacco, cassis, crushed violet, white truffle, baked black cherry- it's over-the-top. The palate is dry with medium acidity and medium (+) tannins that are polished and very fine grained. Full bodied, this blend of 75% Sangiovese, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc gives me flavors of cassis, blackberry and black cherry along with the secondary and tertiary notes I got on the nose. It all turns a touch tart on the mid-palate, something Old World wines tend to do. The silky mouthfeel is smooth and leads to a long finish that is layered and delicious. The cassis and vanilla lasting for an eternity. This wine has matured beautifully for me and I'm proudly serving it with Pappardelle and Meatballs- it's my birthday week after all so I can do what I want. 95 points from me for this $ 175 bottle makes it a 5 star treat.
https://wp.me/p125DB-380 (3223 views) | | | Tasted by mfimiani47 on 4/8/2023 & rated 92 points: Was very good. Has what I would describe as that typical ocean like salinity that I always associate with Tig. One critique is that the alcohol seemed slightly out of balance after sometime in the decanter but this was minor. An enjoyable tig. (2771 views) | | | Tasted by ggroebli on 4/6/2023 & rated 94 points: Wahnsinnige Frische. Farbe etwas gereift. Toller Wein. (2431 views) | | | Tasted by Jonathanmustang on 1/11/2023 & rated 88 points: Pas du tout à la hauteur du prix demandé. Simple, unidimensionnel, couleur légère, aromes classique supertoscan sans aucun wow.
20$ ok… mais a plus de 100$ c’est indécent (3434 views) | | | Tasted by Goodjob! on 12/29/2022 & rated 94 points: Very good and definitely ready. (2429 views) | | | Tasted by Osiris021 on 11/19/2022 & rated 91 points: No formal notes. Too young. Would have needed lots of air. (2040 views) | | | Tasted by swade on 11/13/2022 & rated 94 points: Light brick dust color toward the edge. Savory aromas of black currants and green tobacco. Suave entry. Offers up a bounty of flavors including cherry, black currants and cedar. Resolved tannins. Clean, plus and savory finish. Really in a great place. 94 (2489 views) | | | Tasted by Sean Tay on 10/5/2022 & rated 94 points: Pronounced nose intensity with notes of spices, pepper, black fruits, black current, toast. Medium+ acidity and medium+ tannin. Tannin is integrated. (2981 views) | | | Tasted by Roentgen Ray on 9/22/2022: It’s tight with high acidity and blackberry fruit. (2335 views) | | | Tasted by swade on 9/15/2022 & rated 93 points: Showing some age on the rim. Aromas of green tobacco and black currant. Dark cherry, coffee, black currants and cedar mingle on the palate. The flavors seemed to come in waves and added interest. Filigree tannins and a silky, clean finish. This was really impressive. I'd better have a grilled steak with the next one or be ready to share it with friends. My wife is already onto it. 93 (2287 views) | | | Tasted by Mark van Delft on 8/2/2022 & rated 96 points: Tignanello delivers! Cedar, cassis, plum, cherry, smoke, blackcurrant, cigar box, tar, jam, medium plus body, smooth long finish. (2729 views) | | | Tasted by astroman on 7/26/2022 & rated 92 points: Drinking very nicely now. Tannins well integrated and fine. (2335 views) | | | Tasted by trenko on 7/23/2022 & rated 88 points: Delicious (1988 views) | | | Tasted by FrancoisD on 7/14/2022 & rated 95 points: Exceptionnel ! (2193 views) | | | Tasted by FrancoisD on 7/4/2022 & rated 95 points: une autre dégustation d'exception. Les arômes sont ciselé et précis:
cerise noire, basilic, cèdre, cerises de terres et tabac blond en final. re-wow! (2136 views) | | | Tasted by azzah on 6/7/2022 & rated 93 points: Very nice Tig - right in the drinking zone. Black cherries, cassis, a hint of red fruits, cedar, espresso. Silky palate - it’s all very suave and seductive. The bottle went too quickly. (2293 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Decanter, Ruffino profile (10/26/2019)
(Antinori, Tignanello, Toscana, Tuscany, Italy, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Jul/Aug 2016, Issue #64, Recently Tasted Tuscan Wines Summer 2016
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WineAlign (6/28/2013)
(Tignanello, Igt Toscana red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Sara d'Amato
WineAlign (6/7/2013)
(Tignanello, Igt Toscana red) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Szabo, MS
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(Tignanello, Igt Toscana red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Gary Walsh
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(Antinori Tignanello) Subscribe to see review text. | By Ian D'Agata
Vinous, August 2012
(Antinori Tignanello) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Tuscany 2009 and 2010: A World of Opposites (Jun 2012)
(Antinori Tignanello) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (2/7/2013)
(Antinori Tignanello) Very dark purple red violet color; rich berry, black currant, ripe black fruit nose; tight, tart black fruit, espresso, cedar palate with good acidity; needs 6-plus years to fully integrate; medium-plus finish (80% Sangiovese, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc) 93 points |
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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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