Solaia Antinori 2017
Antinori

Solaia Antinori 2017

The Solaia is a great Supertuscan known all over the world, a high-sounding and prestigious name. It is an intense and elegant wine, born from international and Sangiovese vines, aged in barriques for at least 16 months. Scents of wild berries, flowers and sweet spices make up an aromatic set of great breadth and intensity

440,00 
Awards
5 Bibenda
97 James Suckling
96 Luca Maroni
3 Gambero Rosso
95 Robert Parker
96 Veronelli
95 Wine Spectator

Features

Denomination

Toscana IGT

Vines

Cabernet Sauvignon 75%, Cabernet Franc 5%, Sangiovese 20%

Tipologia

Alcohol content

14 %

Format

75 cl Bottle

Vineyards

From the homonym vineyard in the Chianti Classico area, between 350 and 400 meters above sea level in a rocky calcareous soil, faced to South-West

Vinification

Destemming, pressing, separated alcoholic fermentations on the skins and malolactic fermentation in barriques

Aging

16-18 months in new barriques and at least 12 in bottle

Additional Notes

Contains sulfites
Collection bottle, no discounts

SOLAIA ANTINORI 2017 DESCRIPTION

Solaia Antinori is the flagship of the winery Antinori, an award-winning wine, sought and recognized all over the world, which is produced only in the best vintages. The Antinori family is dedicated to the production of wines from more than 600 years, since Giovanni di Piero Antinori joined the Florentine art of Vinattieri. In the course of at least 26 generations the Antinori family has always been run this activity with courage, while maintaining unwavering respect for tradition and territory. The wine Solaia, which takes its name from the vineyard Solaia located at the estate Tignanello, Antinori is the wine par excellence. The favorable climatic conditions of the year allowed the Antinori family to produce a wine from the undisputed quality, great complexity and structure of solid and substantial. A wine that shows how tradition, passion and intuition were the driving characteristics that led Antinori to establish itself as a leading producer of Italian wines of great quality.

Colour

Intense ruby red

Scent

Complex, rich and intense, with hints of red fruits, flowers, chocolate, cocoa, leather and black pepper

Taste

Full-bodied, elegant and very long, with hints of fruit and hot spices