Pian Vigne
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic Tuscan wild boar ragù, roasted rack of lamb with rosemary, or aged Pecorino Toscano cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Pian delle Vigne, crafted by the historic Antinori family, represents a masterful expression of Brunello di Montalcino. Acquired by the Antinori family in 1995, the estate takes its name from a charming 19th-century railway station located within its boundaries. This 100% Sangiovese (Brunello) wine is born from clay-calcareous soils rich in skeleton (small stones) situated south of Montalcino, which impart a signature mineral complexity and refined structure. Following traditional Brunello regulations, the wine undergoes meticulous fermentation followed by aging in large oak casks (botti) rather than small barriques, preserving the pure, vibrant cherry fruit, savory herbs, and earthy undertones characteristic of the region's terroir. The Antinori family's centuries-old winemaking heritage shines through in this elegant, deeply complex red that beautifully balances power and grace.
🍾 About the Producer
Marchesi Antinori is one of the world's most storied winemaking dynasties, tracing its commercial viticultural heritage to 1385 when Giovanni di Piero Antinori matriculated into Florence's Arte dei Vinattieri. Spanning twenty-six generations, the family revolutionized modern Italian viticulture under Marchese Piero Antinori and legendary enologist Giacomo Tachis, catalyzing the Super Tuscan revolution with the pioneering release of Tignanello in 1971. Antinori commands an unrivaled tapestry of microclimates across Central Italy, encompassing the galestro and albarese marls of Chianti Classico at Tenuta Tignanello and Badia a Passignano, the maritime gravels of Bolgheri at Guado al Tasso, and the fossiliferous clay-limestone soils of Umbria at Castello della Sala. In the cellar, CEO and chief enologist Renzo Cotarella orchestrates a balance of precision, clonal selection, and judicious French oak barrique maturation. Antinori's benchmark wines—including the Sangiovese-driven Tignanello, the Cabernet-dominated Solaia, and the benchmark Umbrian Chardonnay blend Cervaro della Sala—stand as definitive monuments of Italian winemaking refinement.
🍇 Grapes
100% Sangiovese