Secentenario
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2040
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Slow-roasted wild boar, aged Pecorino Toscano cheese, or classic Bistecca alla Fiorentina.
✨ Technical Specifications
To celebrate six centuries of winemaking heritage dating back to 1385, the historic Florentine house of Marchesi Antinori created Secentenario. Sourced primarily from the prized vineyards of the Tignanello estate in the Mercatale Val di Pesa region of Chianti Classico, this monumental red is a masterclass in Tuscan blending, combining noble Sangiovese with a small proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon. Aged carefully in French oak barriques, it represents a milestone in the Super Tuscan movement, marrying traditional Tuscan soul with modern structure. It stands as a liquid monument to one of Italy's most enduring wine dynasties, crafted to mark their 600th anniversary.
🍾 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.