Spumante Brut
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters on the half shell, classic Italian seafood risotto, or light vegetable tempura.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Antinori family's venture into sparkling wine dates back to the early 20th century, driven by a desire to craft Italian Metodo Classico that could rival the finest French Champagnes. In the high-altitude vineyards of Trentino-Alto Adige, this pursuit of excellence finds its perfect canvas. The region's dramatic alpine terroir, characterized by warm, sunny days and cool mountain nights, allows Chardonnay and Pinot Nero grapes to ripen slowly while retaining their vibrant acidity. This Spumante Brut is crafted using the traditional method, where secondary fermentation in the bottle and extended contact with the lees impart a sophisticated complexity. It weaves together the historic pioneering spirit of the Tuscan noble family with the pristine, mineral-rich soils of the Dolomites, resulting in a sparkling wine of exceptional purity, elegance, and fine, persistent perlage.
🍾 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.