Antinori
Marchese Antinori Classico Riserva 2019
Italy & Spain
About the SessionThe Italian offering is led by the great Super Tuscans of Bolgheri and Chianti Classico, along with Brunello di Montalcino making a strong line-up. We are equally delighted to present some of Spain’s finest and most traditional houses from the renowned regions of Rioja and Ribera del Duero, creating a compelling collection of distinguished Italian and Spanish wines.
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Antinori
Marchese Antinori Classico Riserva 2019
About this Item
Marchese Antinori has made wine in Tuscany for more than six hundred years, since 1385, one of the great dynasties of Italian wine. This Chianti Classico Riserva, the ‘Marchese Antinori’, is drawn entirely from the family’s celebrated Tignanello estate at San Casciano Val di Pesa in the heart of Chianti Classico, a Sangiovese-based red of depth and polish. 2019 was a classic Tuscan vintage of fine balance and structure. Bruce Sanderson from Wine Spectator and Monica Larner from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate each gave it a rating of 94, and Antonio Galloni from Vinous gave it 93.
Provenance
Private Client
Critics Ratings
“A harmonious red, offering an expression of cherry, blackberry and floral aromas and flavors offset by a vibrant, well-integrated structure. Shows iron, tobacco, smoke and a hint of wild herbs, which weigh in as this evolves on the palate toward a lingering aftertaste. Delivers finesse and energy. Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.” - Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator, 94/100 (Feb 2023)
“This wine sources its fruit exclusively from the Tenuta Tignanello in San Casciano Val di Pesa. The 2019 Chianti Classico Riserva Marchese Antinori is a generous and open-knit wine with pretty plushness and dark fruit flavors of cherry, plum and dried currant. It ages in barrique with a lot of secondhand or otherwise neutral oak, and that’s why the fruit comes through with such clarity. This is one of the big surprises of this flight, and this vintage certainly punches above its price point. These results show depth, harmony and lasting fruit flavors. This is a solid recommendation.” - Monica Larner, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, 94/100 (Feb 2023)
“The 2019 Chianti Classico Riserva Marchese Antinori is rich, layered and exceptionally polished. This is an especially serious vintage for the Marchese Antinori. All of the fruit comes from the Antinori family’s Tignanello estate. Silky tannins wrap around a core of dark red cherry/plum, spice, leather and tobacco. There’s tremendous weight, power and depth, that much is pretty clear.” - Antonio Galloni, Vinous, 93/100 (Jun 2022)
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