Solaia
⏳ Drikkevindue
2026 - 2046
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Bistecca alla Fiorentina (Tuscan porterhouse steak), slow-braised wild boar ragu, and mature artisanal cheeses such as aged Pecorino.
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Solaia, meaning 'the sunny place,' is a legendary 20-hectare vineyard situated on the Tignanello estate in the heart of Chianti Classico. Born in 1978 from the visionary ambition of Marchese Piero Antinori, this iconic Super Tuscan is celebrated for its sun-drenched, southwest-facing slopes rich in limestone and clay (alberese and galestro). The wine is a masterful, structured blend typically composed of Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese, and Cabernet Franc. It undergoes meticulous fermentation and is aged for around 18 months in French oak barriques, followed by extensive bottle refinement. Solaia represents the pinnacle of Tuscan innovation, marrying Bordeaux varieties with the soul of Tuscany to create a wine of profound depth, velvety tannins, and complex notes of dark fruit, spice, and balsamic undertones.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
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.