Auction announcements
14th October 2014
Lot 90: The original wooden case is not available.

Five bottles of Solaia
Produced by Marchesi Antinori
1994 vintage
Toscana IGT, Tuscany/Italy
In original wooden case
Original filling quantity: 0.75 l
Fill level: into neck
Antonio Galloni (2013): 96/100
James Suckling (1998): 90/100

This lot comprises one original wooden case with five bottles of 1995 vintage Antinori Solaia from Tuscany.

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.

1995 was a good vintage leading to the creation of some great wines, the best of which are now at their peak, albeit in small numbers.

The 1995 vintage Solaia was rated 96 points by Antonio Galloni for Vinous in 2013. It received a score of 90 points from James Suckling for Wine Spectator in 1998.

The fill levels are excellent (into neck). The original wooden case, labels and capsules 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.

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