Tignanello Antinori IGT Tuscany 2017

Tignanello is a famous wine from Antinori, composed of 80% Sangiovese, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc. It is aged for 16-18 months in both French and Hungarian oak barrels, which gives the wine remarkable depth and complexity.

The wine offers an intense aroma with notes of black cherries, blackberries, blackcurrants, rose hips, graphite, vanilla, cedar and toasted undertones. The palate is full of ripe fruit, complex spices, a soft tannin structure and a remarkable freshness.

Robert Parker awarded this wine 96 points. The grapes come from a 57-hectare part of Tenuta Tignanello, which is located 390 meters above sea level. The wine is fermented in conical oak tanks and matured for up to 16 months in French and Hungarian oak barrels.

Introduced by Piero Antinori in the 1970s to demonstrate the potential of Chianti Classico, with the assistance of Robert Mondavi, Emile Peynaud and Giacomo Tachis, Tignanello has revolutionised winemaking in Tuscany and inspired some of Italy's most acclaimed wines, known as "super Tuscans".