Tenuta Tignanello - Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG - Marchese Antinori - Rouge - 2019

Wine:

A blend of Sangiovese and Cabernet, the 2019 red Marchese Antinori Chianti Classico Riserva is an extremely fruity wine, releasing generous scents of black fruit, ripe cherry, and dried currant. Aged in barrels with no new wood, it offers this pure, radiant fruit and a balanced body, with supple, silky tannins and great freshness, stretching out with natural class. A wine that outclasses its vintage and richly deserves its price and rank! Serve it throughout the decade, or even beyond, with a shoulder of lamb or a veal chop. Splendid! Rated 94/100 by Parker.

Vinification:

Hand harvested.

Color:

Intense and bright red.

Nose:

Beautiful aromatic nuances of perfectly ripe red fruits with floral and spicy notes.

Palate:

Ample and well-balanced, this tasty and deep wine releases a great freshness, with supple and silky tannins, sublimated by its long finish and its natural class.

Temperature:

Decant one hour before serving between 16 and 18°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Osso Bucco, fricassee of poultry livers, antipasti, farmhouse Brie.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2034

An emblematic Tuscan estate in the heart of Chianti, Tenuta Tignanello is the lifeblood of the Antinori family, which has owned it since the 19th century. Its 130 hectares of slopes, clinging to rocky limestone soils, produce some of the most sumptuous wines on the planet, and the most envied in Tuscany. 

It was here that the first barrel-aged Sangiovese was born, Tignanello, the first to be blended with Cabernets in the early 1970s and downgraded to table wine for breaking the rules of the Chianti appellation. This pioneering "super Tuscan" is undoubtedly one of the world's most sought-after wines, on a par with Solaia, whose land and heritage it shares. 

A true phenomenon, prized for its quality as much as for its legendary longevity, and forging the legend of the Antinori clan, this Tignanello wine remains a grail, sought-after by wine lovers everywhere.