Toscana, Antinori

Specification

Producer

Tignanello

Region

Italy

Where

Chianti Classico, Tuscany

Classification

Toscana IGT

Grapes

Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc

Vintage

2018

Case

Magnum, 1 x 1.5L OWC

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

TIGNAN181X150

About this wine

Tignanello is a blend of Sangiovese with a smaller proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, from the Tignanello vineyard in Chianti Classico, aged in small oak barrels. It combines the cherry fruit and fresh acidity of Sangiovese with the structure of Cabernet. It is approachable after about five years and good vintages age for twenty or more.

About Tignanello

Tignanello takes its name from a vineyard on the Antinori family's Tignanello estate in the Chianti Classico hills south of Florence. The Antinori family has been making wine in Tuscany for more than six centuries, and Tignanello, first made with the 1971 vintage, was one of the original Super Tuscans.

By blending Sangiovese with Cabernet varieties, ageing in small barrels and leaving out the white grapes then required in Chianti, Antinori created a new style of Tuscan red outside the regulations of the time. Tignanello remains a benchmark for the category and a staple of fine wine collections.