Antinori Tignanello 2021 (750ml)
Product price
$199.99
Description
Tignanello, from Marchesi Antinori in Tuscany's San Casciano Val di Pesa, is a Sangiovese-based blend anchored with Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. The 2021 vintage spends seventeen months in wood, including time in neutral oak during malolactic fermentation and then fourteen months in French oak (half new). This is a wine that rewards patience.
The 2021 shows impressive density and structure built on dark berry character, blackberry, blueberry, blackcurrant, with an undercurrent of bark and black earth. Bright red fruit, blood orange, spice, cedar, and sweet pipe tobacco emerge from the glass, framed by a discreet touch of oak that adds raciness without dominance. What distinguishes this vintage is the total harmony of its elements: tannins are vertical and gripping, yet the wine carries silky polish and exceptional finesse. The through line remains Sangiovese's characteristic brightness and minerality, even as the wine builds toward a soft, creamy close. This is muscular and toned, with seemingly endless length. It needs two or three years to fully open, but the structure and balance suggest it will repay patience substantially.
Product Details
| Category | Wine |
| Color | Red |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Varietal | Cabernet - Sangiovese |
| Producer | Marchesi Antinori |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Size | 750 ML |
| Subtype | Still |
Expert Reviews
The density and structure is very impressive here, with blackberry, blueberry and blackcurrant character. It’s medium-bodied with vertical tannins that take you down and deep, with undertones of bark and black earth. Muscular and toned with finesse and seemingly endless length. A terrific Tignanello that reminds me of the legendary 1997, but more precise. Needs two or three years to open.
The 2021 Tignanello is every bit as impressive from bottle as it was from barrel and then just after bottling. Silky and polished, with exceptional finesse, the 2021 has all the pedigree to become a modern benchmark for Tignanello and Italian wine more broadly. Bright dark red fruit, blood orange, spice, cedar and sweet pipe tobacco all soar out of the glass, framed by a discreet touch of French oak that adds raciness. In some vintages, the elements are discernible. In 2021, it is the total harmony of the wine that makes the strongest and deepest impression. The 2021 spent 17 months in wood, three months in neutral oak during the malolactic fermentation and then 14 months (50% new) for the rest of its aging. Superb.
First made in 1971, this legendary Italian wine now celebrates its 50th birthday. Happy Birthday, Tignanello! The Marchesi Antinori 2021 Tignanello (made with 79% Sangiovese, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Cabernet Franc) pulls on all the heartstrings. To be released in May, the wine shows a quintessentially pretty taste profile with tart fruit flavors, redcurrant, tea leaf, heritage rose, crushed white pepper, licorice, nutmeg, clove and chopped mint. It opens slowly to reveal more richness and exuberance with time, becoming downright voluptuous and heady a short while later. The through line, however, remains the bright freshness and minerality of Sangiovese. Compared to the 2018 vintage (which I also loved), this vintage has more overall fruit weight and volume.