ANTINORI TIGNANELLO 2011

Antinori Tignanello 2011
Toscana IGT

“The 2011 Tignanello demonstrates a very ripe and fruit-forward personality with bursting cherry and blackberry folded within sweet spice, moist tobacco and honey-almond paste. Its texture is heavy and dense with sticky spots of sweetness (the alcohol is recorded at 14.5%). With such a fruit-heavy personality, the wine doesn’t reach the soaring heights or brilliant complexity we see in cooler vintages. It should veer toward a greater sense of focus and tightness with more bottle age.”  – 93/100, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

VARIETIES: 80% Sangiovese, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc
REGION: Italy / Central Italy / Toscana
AGEING: Complete malolactic fermentation in barrel – to add additional finesse and drinking pleasure. A 12 – 14 month aging in French and Hungarian oak barrels, some new, some already used once
GUARDING POTENTIAL: Enjoy now or will cellar well up to 15 years ±
SERVE: Serve slightly chilled, at 16ºC – 18ºC
FITS TO: Pair well with Salsiccia e fagioli / Bistecca alla Fiorentina or regional cheeses such as Pecorino
CRITICS SCORES: JS/95, RP/93, WS/92

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Tenuta Tignanello | Owned by | Marchesi Antinori S.p.A

The Wine
Tignanello was the first Sangiovese to be aged in barriques, the first contemporary red wine blended with untraditional varieties (specifically Cabernet) and one of the first red wines in the Chianti Classico region that didn’t use white grapes. Tignanello is a milestone. It’s produced with a selection of Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc.

The Design
The label was designed by Silvio Coppola in 1974 for the release of Tignanello 1971. The idea to commission this artist was discussed at an event at Castello della Sala in 1973. Silvio Coppola was an important Italian graphic and interior designer who was famous for his minimalist lighting fixtures and austere furniture but also for book cover designs for Italian publishing company Feltrinelli. Silvio Coppola was the perfect match for the job.

The Signature
Marchese Piero Antinori, the current Honorary President, decided to have his father, Niccolò Antinori, sign the label as a sign of recognition for his father’s confidence in him.

Te Duce Proficio
The historic family crest of the Antinori family

The Sun
Tignanello’s stylized “Sun” by Silvio Coppola

Tasting Notes
The 2011 Tignanello isan intense rubyred in color with purple highlights. The wine is ripe on the nose with notes of dark fruitand with much underlying freshness on the aromatic finish; plum fruit dominates the aromatic gamut along with cherries,and the aromas evolve with vigorand balance towards sensations of mintand liquorice. On the palate, though stillyoung, the wine is readyand inviting, rich and harmonious; excellent the balance of the flavors thanks to the tonic acidityand the solidityand suppleness of the tannins. The finish and aftertaste are rich and savoryand are characterized byasweet persistence and length.