Villa Antinori
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic Tuscan wild boar ragù over pappardelle, roasted rosemary lamb chops, or medium-aged cheeses like Pecorino Toscano.
✨ Technical Specifications
First released in 1928 by Marchese Niccolò Antinori, Villa Antinori Rosso was created to represent the family's historic Tuscan heritage in a wine capable of graceful aging. Originally produced as a Chianti Classico, its formula was reimagined in 2001 as a Toscana IGT, allowing the winemakers to blend the traditional, vibrant Sangiovese with international varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Syrah. Sourced from the family's prestigious estate vineyards across Tuscany, the grapes are fermented in stainless steel before the wine is aged for approximately 12 months in French, Hungarian, and American oak barrels, followed by further refinement in the bottle. This historic bottling offers a smooth, medium-bodied profile defined by ripe red berries, subtle spice, and structured tannins, embodying the innovative spirit of one of Italy's most legendary winemaking dynasties.
🍾 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
Sangiovese (min 80%), Canaiolo, Colorino, Cabernet Sauvignon