Villa Riserva
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Slow-cooked wild boar ragù over pappardelle, classic grilled Bistecca alla Fiorentina, and aged Pecorino Toscano cheese.
✨ Technical Specifications
Villa Antinori Riserva represents a profound chapter in the legacy of the historic Antinori family, who have been crafting wine in Tuscany since 1385. First introduced by Marchese Niccolò Antinori in 1928, the 'Villa Antinori' label was created with the revolutionary goal of producing a Tuscan red that could age gracefully and endure long journeys to international markets. Reintroduced in recent years as a Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG, this wine is a masterful tribute to that original vision. It is crafted predominantly from Sangiovese, the signature grape of Tuscany, complemented by small portions of international varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The grapes are sourced from the family's finest estate vineyards across the Chianti Classico appellation. Following fermentation, the wine is aged in a combination of French, Hungarian, and American oak barriques and larger casks, resulting in a harmonious profile of ripe red cherries, wild berries, subtle spice, and elegant, structured tannins that reflect the stony, clay-limestone soils of the region.
🍾 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