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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.9 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 88 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Docemann5 on 5/4/2024 & rated 96 points: Smooth fruit not a lot of tanins. Quite enjoyable with veal Milanese. Very delightful. Drinking great now and probably still has room (831 views) | | | Tasted by Mecenaseiro on 3/31/2024 & rated 92 points: Entering the drinking window, needed 2hr decant to open up. (2170 views) | | | Tasted by Saint B on 1/18/2024: Nose of a melange of red fruits, tobacco and floral aromas to a lesser extent. Palate of wood, tea, cassis, blueberries. There was quite a bit of oakiness to this bottle. Tannins were present, but not too harsh, approachable at present. I enjoyed it but it fell a little short of expectations. Perhaps a couple more years of aging would make it more seamless. (3900 views) | | | Tasted by Allabla on 12/31/2023 & rated 95 points: Superb super Tuscan. (3411 views) | | | Tasted by VBar on 12/17/2023 & rated 87 points: Likely too young but a little disappointing side by side with a Sondraia 2016 (3591 views) | | | Tasted by Mjfick on 11/19/2023: One was corked, and one was incredible (3905 views) | | | Tasted by psundberg on 10/15/2023 & rated 92 points: No doubt a very nice wine. That being said I don’t necessarily think, at least this vintage, is a great wine. Sometimes I think people rate a wine based on what they think it should be or their expectations, and not what it is. But to each their own and it was very nice steak wine… (4447 views) | | | Tasted by Docemann5 on 9/24/2023 & rated 93 points: Long smooth tanins. Great juice. Enjoyed with steak florentine and roasted potatoes (3753 views) | | | Tasted by ChopperWine on 6/2/2023 & rated 93 points: Wonderful. Lots going on in this bottle. Most all of what we'd expect from this great wine. Open and drink. (5941 views) | | | Tasted by Backdoctor on 5/29/2023 & rated 94 points: awesome wine, pop and pour. Went well with ravioli bolognese (4771 views) | | | Tasted by Allabla on 5/21/2023 & rated 92 points: Beautifully well rounded. Great compliment to the meal. (4460 views) | | | Tasted by ASCP on 2/11/2023 & rated 93 points: Really nice - first raw edged as gone and what remains is a silky fruit of plum, dark cherry and forest floor. Still good acidity & tannin. Enjoyed with rigatoni bolognese & some good friends. (5974 views) | | | Tasted by Dr. Bee on 2/10/2023 & rated 93 points: Just beginning to wake up. A quintessential old world roman blend. The qpr is horrible but it's an experience non the less. Paired with Nona's spaghetti & homemade noodles! #bestlife (3927 views) | | | Tasted by The_Cat on 1/31/2023 & rated 94 points: Deep garnet red. Intense flavors of red cherry strawberry and a bit of plum. At the beginning of a very nice drinking window full bodied with lots of ripe tannins for many more years to come and excellent length (4662 views) | | | Tasted by levicn on 11/25/2022 & rated 93 points: 醒酒四个小时，中宝石红色，闻香有青味，醋栗，草药，百里香，奶油和巧克力的香气，入口线性的高酸，酒液咸，收口回甜，单宁紧致，糊嘴，颗粒十分细腻，矿物感清晰，草本气息带着蔓越莓一类精致红果香气，余味红果和木质香气，些许香草奶油，细腻悠长，高级感十足。一支新年份酒，虽然还没有发展出陈年的魅力，现在喝起来也十分精彩，漂亮的酸度和结构感，香气精致，整体给人感觉空灵，紧致而又高级，充满灵气。2017年对于托斯卡纳来说不是一个好年份，但是却给这支酒带来了一种难得的精细感，值得细细品味。 (5844 views) | | | Tasted by Macdog on 9/26/2022: JMoon note accords with my experience of this. I will hold my other bottles. It does feel like a bit of a conervative or safe choice in a restaurant but I suppose that’s part of the brilliance of tig. Really worth letting it get to the 2 hour mark. (6413 views) | | | Tasted by Nontaco on 8/15/2022 & rated 93 points: At Il Tinello. Good stuff but as often has been case w me and bottles of Tignanello, seems a bit too generic. Perhaps too young. (6293 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Diplomats on 6/19/2022 & rated 95 points: Despite its 30,000-case production, Tignanello continues to sell out due to its global demand and relatively reasonable prices. However, production was reduced by 30% in 2017 because of the tough vintage conditions. 80% Sangiovese, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc. 50% new oak (French and Hungarian). The nose is beautiful and complex. Cedar, tobacco, sweet spices and herbs, a touch of vanilla with dark red berry fruit in the background. On the palate, you get more of a sour cherry with typical Sangiovese acidic structure and noticeable but approachable tannins with food. Some menthol. It manages to feel both international in style while staying true to Sangiovese. Like many high-end wines, it manages to up the intensity while still staying smooth and elegant. I can see why it’s so popular. The structure should give it a run way to age and improve. I like this better than Antinori’s Solaia, which is majority Cabernet Sauviginon but harvested from the same property. 95+
https://winediplomats.com/ (7108 views) | | | Tasted by jmoon on 5/17/2022 & rated 94 points: Absolutely super wine and fun to drink now. A little tight and dry on opening, came alive and into balance in an hour, creamy luscious and singing at the two hour mark. Beautiful. (7154 views) | | | Tasted by lasarte on 4/24/2022 & rated 92 points: 2018빈이랑 차이가 이리 클줄이야
2017빈은 시작부터 너무 괜찮았음 (6249 views) | | | Tasted by boston617 on 4/23/2022 & rated 96 points: Quite earthy with a bouquet of cherry and vanilla. (5079 views) | | | Tasted by jviz on 4/16/2022 & rated 92 points: PnP, served blind and should have decanted. This is a tasty wine, clearly Sangiovese, but a hint of green notes and blue fruit from the cab/cab franc. Actual blend is not disclosed that I can see.
It’s got a medium ruby color, with open aromas of bing cherry, a little new leather, compact berry notes and a fairly stern tannic finish. Will turn into a nice wine although I don’t think I’ll ever be able to tell you from where…. (5020 views) | | | Tasted by Klugi Wine on 3/2/2022 & rated 93 points: It really deserves positive recognition on what level year in and year out the Tignanello is produced on this scale.
This year shows raspberries, mokka and some amarena cherries as well as dark chocolate.
Not as powerful as the 2016 but still an absolute crowd pleaser in a positive way.
The tight acidic framework and the very interwoven and refined tannins will guarantee a Lon future ahead. (6050 views) | | | Tasted by Bauman on 2/24/2022 & rated 94 points: Great bottle. (4877 views) | | | Tasted by Axelpeter on 1/7/2022 & rated 94 points: Fta/GuardVal m AlexGret) Ein echter Supertoskaner! Herrlich präzise (dunkle) Frucht, wohl balancierte Säure und feiner Abgang. Wunderbar. Passt! Sehr empfehlenswert. Hat den 50&50 im Flight klar geschlagen. (6516 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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JancisRobinson.com (8/22/2021)
(Antinori, Tignanello IGT Toscana Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Chianti Classico: More Than Meets The Eye (Sep 2020) (9/1/2020)
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Decanter, Solaia and Tignanello 2017 release (8/25/2020)
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JancisRobinson.com (8/19/2020)
(Antinori, Tignanello IGT Toscana Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Michaela Morris
Decanter, Beyond Chianti Classico (6/23/2020)
(Antinori, Tignanello, Toscana, Tuscany, Italy, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (5/14/2020)
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Vinous, 2016 Chianti Classico – A Modern Day Benchmark (Aug 2019) (8/1/2019)
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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.2017 Antinori TignanelloTasting Notes
On release, Tignanello 2006 has a very intense ruby red color and balanced ripe red fruit and spicy aromas on the nose. It is has a full, rich and round rich palate, dense without hiding its great elegance and complexity. A powerful wine, yet fine and pleasant to drink, with good length and an aftertaste packed with chocolate and citrus fruits. The tannins are pronounced, but smooth and silky, which, together with balanced acidity, assures Tignanello good ageing potential
Vinification
The weather conditions during the harvest ensured a very high quality crop. Particular attention was paid to grape selection in the vineyard, so that only perfect bunches arrived in the cellar. As always, great attention was paid to the fermenting and extraction processes, using délestage and overpumping to maintain the natural aromas of each grape variety and the intense color. Fermentation of all three grape varieties was carried out at an average of 27° and no higher than 31°, to best preserve the true aromas, flavors and varietal character of the fruit. The musts showed great complexity from the start, but above all, especially in the case of the Sangiovese, abundant varietal character, evident in the aromas, elegance and color, the first signs of a potentially great vintage. After alcoholic fermentation, the wines were racked into new oak barrels to undergo malolactic fermentation, which occurred by the end of the year. The wines were then blended and aged in barrel for 12 months, then racked off and, after a careful tasting of each barrel, the wine was bottled. The wine was released after a further year in bottle.
Classification. Toscana IGT
Climate
After a particularly cold and wet autumn, followed by severe winter temperatures with persistent rain, the vines budded late compared to the average in preceding years. The spring was also wet, but without affecting the regular formation and growth of the bunches. The second half of July saw very high temperatures, but the weather changed again in August, with rain and below average temperatures. Excellent weather conditions in September and October, together with normal day and night temperature differences, allowed the grapes to ripen perfectly and the harvested crop was both abundant and of quality. The harvest of the Sangiovese grapes was concluded in the end of the first week of October and the Cabernet in the second.
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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