One magnum bottle of Tignanello
Produced by Marchesi Antinori
2009 vintage
Toscana IGT, Tuscany/Italy
In originaler Holzkiste
Original filling quantity: 1.5 l
Fill level: into neck
Antonio Galloni: 94/100 (2012)
Wine Spectator: 92/100 (2012)

This lot comprises one original wooden case with one magnum bottle of 2009 vintage Tignanello from the Antinori winery in Tuscany.

Tuscan vines grow in the cultural landscape of central Italy, a region not only regarded as the birthplace of the Renaissance and with that European culture in general. It’s no wonder then that the agriculture of winegrowing here has produced genuine wine types and distinct styles. Tuscany is home to some fantastic wines. It is like a wild bull, tamed by the Etruscans many years ago. Its beauty has always attracted and fascinated foreigners. It is a landscape that can be as captivating as Mona Lisa’s smile. One cannot fathom it, melt into it and be thrown back out without understanding what once came to blossom here. However, fascination alone does not result in good winegrowing – it is the art of planting vines in the ground and producing exceptionally nuanced wines from their fruits. Tuscany can be divided into two main parts: the historical main area of Florence and Siena and, in its wilder south, the Maremma – historically a poor farming region that has experienced a winegrowing boom over the past two decades. The first wine dynasties of Italy, the Polizianos, Antinoris and Frescobaldis, came to the Maremma towards the end of the 1990s, when land in Chianti Classico became very expensive.

Toscana IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is a wine quality closely tied to its origin. It simply describes a wine whose grapes were grown in a Tuscan wine region. Since 2009, this is also labeled IGP. The term can also signify top, highly-prized Tuscan wines, similar to Vini da Tavola, if a producer wants to interpret the wine authorities’ guidelines more freely.

2009 was a very good vintage in Tuscany, similar to the almost legendary 2004 vintage. This wine still needs a few years of proper storage until it reaches its peak, then you will have a true Super Tuscan!

The 2009 vintage Tignanello was rated 94 points in Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate by Antonio Galloni in 2012. The wine was rated 92 points by Wine Spectator in the same year.

The fill level is excellent (into neck). The label and capsule are in perfect condition.

Antinori

The legendary Florence-based Antinori wine company is one of the biggest wine producers in Italy, with a palette ranging from simple, clean Chiantis to absolute top growths. The emergence of the Tignanello in 1971, then sold as Chianti, sparked a new era for Tuscan winegrowing. In the years that followed, the wine was mixed with up to 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, which was forbidden according to the stipulated rules for Chianti. With this, the first “Super-Tuscan” was born, sold under the modest Vino da Tavola label. Tignanello was followed by Solaia in the 1980s, in which the proportion of Sangiovese was reduced to approximately 20% and Cabernet Sauvignon was more present. The result was once again ground-breaking, joining the Sassicaia as one of the first Italian Bordeaux-style wines and achieving worldwide recognition.

In Umbria, Antinori also produced some of the best Italian white wines, including the Cervaro della Sala, a blend of Chardonnay and Grechetto.

We cannot talk about Antinori without mentioning their fantastic wines from the Tenuta Guado al Tasso estate in the Bolgheri (Tuscan coast). Both the Bordeaux cuvee Guado al Tasso (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc) and the extremely rare Matarocchio, which debuted in 2007 and is made exclusively from Cabernet Franc, should not be missing from any serious wine cellar!

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