Antinori Solaia, Toscana IGT 2021
£420.00
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Finesse and structure characterise this elegant wine
- This wine is only produced in superior vintages
- Solaia, a 20 hectare vineyard on the Tignanello estate, faces south-west for optimal ripening
- Perfectly ripe grapes yield a smooth and elegant wine
- The palate is complex, with coffee, chocolate, mint, and liquorice notes
- Antinori have perfected this blend to be more than the sum of its parts
- Grape variety: Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc
- Vintage: 2021
- Type/Colour: Red
- Alcohol: 14%
- Bottle Size: 75cl
- Group: Tuscany
Solaia, a twenty hectare (50 acre) vineyard of the Tignanello estate with a southwestern exposure, is situated at 350-400 meters (1175-1325 feet) above sea level on a soil of calcareous rock (known as "alberese in Tuscany). The Marchesi Antinori firm produced this wine for the first time in the 1978 vintage with an initial blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Cabernet Franc, a blend repeated again in 1979. In the following vintages 20% of Sangiovese was added to the Cabernet grapes and the ratio of Cabernet Franc to Cabernet Sauvignon was changed in order to create a wine which has now become definitive in its various composing elements. Solaia is only produced in superior vintages and was not produced in 1980, 1981, 1983,1984, and 1992.