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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.5 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 49 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by ShadowIII on 4/22/2024 & rated 91 points: ruby/garnet, blackberry, dark cherry, leather, cedar, herbs, spice, moderate tannins, starting to fade on the fruit (225 views) | | | Tasted by Winedad53 on 10/8/2022 & rated 94 points: Better than I remembered from 2017, this bottle showed great vitality and freshness. Bricking at edges, nose of black olive and oregano leads to dried clack cherry, loam, earth and minerals over a long finish. Simply splendid. (1576 views) | | | Tasted by DrZett on 2/6/2021 & rated 89 points: Still enjoyable but a little past its prime and fruit was fading fast. Nice nose and palate with great tertiary notes. Soft body with soft tannins. Good complexity, finish a little short. Drink up soon. (IG) (2780 views) | | | Tasted by FrancoisD on 12/31/2018 & rated 94 points: Vin en équilibre, avec encore assez d’acidité malgré l’age.
Arome très profond de cerises noires, en filigrame: cèdre, champignons.
Wow! (4668 views) | | | Tasted by Yassine23 on 5/5/2018: Lots of savoury in there, very nice. Could be drunk now without a doubt. (5521 views) | | | Tasted by rossi.wine on 3/19/2018 flawed bottle: Corked bottle. (5661 views) | | | Tasted by il_diavolo on 8/3/2017 & rated 94 points: the colour is still quite deep ruby but the scents are that of a nicely matured wine. Tobacco, cedar but really the key is sweet decadent cherry fruit. wonderfully aged. don't wait too long on this, great spot now. (5585 views) | | | Tasted by Winedad53 on 7/2/2017 & rated 91 points: Bricking, notes of pepper, sage and Tuscan spice on the nose. Firm in mouth, dried berry, forest floor and pepper, but a bit short on the finish. (4868 views) | | | Tasted by Poisey on 6/17/2017 & rated 92 points: Cherry, leather, earth, spice, mushroom and leather. Beautiful long dry finish with dried raisin fruits. Lingering silky tannin with near perfect balance. Nice acidity in this Tignanello. Grip and concentration. Starting to dry out a little. Drink up. (3557 views) | | | Tasted by ti_ric on 12/18/2016 & rated 93 points: Suberbe vin. À mon grand étonnement, ce vin présentait encore une belle acidité et de tannins bien présents. J'aurais dû garder ce vin encore quelques années. Par contre, j'ai beaucoup apprécié ce vin. Des notes de bois, fruits et poivré animait ce charmant Tignanello. Il faut dire que 1988 était une très belle année enToscane. Bref, vous allez assurément apprécier ce vin!!! (3528 views) | | | Tasted by Tally&Floyd on 7/31/2016 & rated 94 points: Unexpected deep ruby color. Fresh and balanced tannins. Fruit was elegant and typical of Super Tuscan at its finest. (2891 views) | | | Tasted by Tally&Floyd on 7/31/2016: Had with Mo and Christophe (3824 views) | | | Tasted by The Vines That Bind on 10/4/2015 & rated 88 points: Dark garnet. Intriguing nose of duty leather and thin soil if you really worked for it. Sharp red fruit and big tannins. Some tertiary earth tones struggling to get past the rusty, iron aromas and mouthfeel. An odd showing - Seemed old without being mature. Off balance and rather disappointing. (4089 views) | | | Tasted by wurzel68 on 1/25/2015 & rated 93 points: Nach wie vor scheint dieser Wein bei guter Lagerung im Trinkfenster! Mittleres rubinrot, an der Nase feine Beerenfrucht, Lakritz, Tabak, Zeder; mittlerer Körper mit erhaltener Säure, feinem Tannin und langem Abgang! (4827 views) | | | Tasted by Wineasaurus Rex on 8/9/2013 & rated 92 points: This is starting to show its age, but opens up beautifully if decanted and left in the glass for an hour+. Drink with food - it's got Italian old dusty funk that needs food to mellow it out. Showing a small amount of oxidation on opening, but evens out as it aerates. Still spicy with a bit of good balsamic. (7258 views) | | | Tasted by beezer6 on 5/30/2013 & rated 92 points: Wine Flock Dinner (Caro Mio - Chicago, IL): Lovely feminine nose. Awesome leather, pencil, cinnamon and rustic rose petals.
Rusty nail and red tar. Old log cabin. So nice. Smooth palate. Great acid. (7183 views) | | | Tasted by kflex on 3/30/2013 flawed bottle: corked. (7389 views) | | | Tasted by boxedwine on 11/7/2012 & rated 92 points: Still drinking very well (6769 views) | | | Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 11/4/2012 & rated 93 points: Welcome Back JD Sunday Lunch (Quattro Restaurant, Four Seasons Palo Alto, California): Bricking, very dark red violet color; tobacco, green olive, tart currant nose; tasty, ripe currant, plum, dried berry, tar, mineral palate; long finish 93+ points (1938 views) | | | Tasted by avp on 10/24/2012 flawed bottle: Slightly corked, volatile and green. (5995 views) | | | Tasted by Lype on 10/4/2012 flawed bottle: Acidity, ripe berries, corked but not badly. (1254 views) | | | Tasted by jnlauridsen on 7/10/2011 & rated 94 points: Very young, very concentrated and fantastic bouquet like a top Bordeaux with cassis and blackberries. Tannins still there, wonderful complexity. Good acidity and plenty of fresh fruit. Just a bit short at the end. Much better than the 1990 and the 1995 which I have tasted within the last 3 months. Wish I had more of these bottles..lovely! (5293 views) | | | Tasted by Jossik on 12/30/2010 & rated 87 points: colore un po'avanti, naso terziarizzato, caffettoso ma con bocca piena e finale dolce (4561 views) | | | Tasted by Jossik on 12/30/2010 & rated 82 points: Buono anche se probabilmente conservata male, naso su note caffettose, bocca morbida e non troppo lunga (4942 views) | | | Tasted by d'Artagnan on 9/16/2010 & rated 89 points: Vin acide et vif, avec des arômes de cuir et prunes, de tabac. Un beau vin toscan à la finale un peu acidulée. Bien mais pas grand. 89-90 pts (4695 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (11/4/2012)
(Antinori Tignanello) Bricking, very dark red violet color; tobacco, green olive, tart currant nose; tasty, ripe currant, plum, dried berry, tar, mineral palate; long finish 93+ points 93 points | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (6/19/2009)
(Antinori Tignanello) Very dark red violet color with pale meniscus; spicy, deep, black fruit, blackberry and plum nose; smoky, graphite, espresso, fig palate; long finish 93 points | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (2/20/2004)
(Antinori Tignanello) Light brick red color; ripe, big, cherry nose; mature, elegant, cherry and black fruit palate with spicy long finish 96 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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