Lot 286
ANTINORI TIGNANELLO TOSCANA IGT 2015 (1) WA 96
ANTINORI TIGNANELLO TOSCANA IGT 2018 (2) WA 98
TENUTA GUADO AL TASSO (ANTINORI) BOLGHERI SUPERIORE 2015 (1) WA 97
Lot 286 Details
ANTINORI TIGNANELLO TOSCANA IGT 2015 (1)
Tuscany.
u. bn.
The 2015 Tignanello is a wine that opens, like a fully blossomed rose, right in front of you. This vintage is immediately accessible, generous and opulent. The wine will surely flesh out and gain focus with more bottle age, but one of the best qualities of this vintage is just how beautiful the wine tastes straight out of the gate. The fruit is beautifully ripe with fresh blackberry and cherry nuances, spice, leather, sweet tobacco and smoke. Up until this vintage, the various blending components that make up Tignanello were vinifed in separate lots. Starting with 2015, the wine is blended sooner in order to achieve better overall integration. September 2018 Drink: 2019-2040 WA 96
ANTINORI TIGNANELLO TOSCANA IGT 2018 (2)
Tuscany.
u. 2 x bn.
2018 Tignanello is quite the dapper and jovial wine that hits the market just as much of the world is emerging from a dark chapter of lockdowns and coronavirus curfews. I love the optimism that springs bright with such clarity and detail from within this blend of Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. May 2021 Drink to 2045 WA 98
TENUTA GUADO AL TASSO (ANTINORI) BOLGHERI SUPERIORE 2015 (1)
Tuscany.
u. bn.
The 2015 Bolgheri Superiore Guado Al Tasso is another star performer from a vintage that was tailor-made by some higher being specifically for the blended red wines of Tuscany. This mix of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot slides seamlessly right in there with our highest expectations of the iconic vintage. The wine offers beautiful intensity and purity, yet it also delivers balanced power and lasting persistence. This is a baritone expression from Bolgheri on the Tuscan coast with impenetrable black fruit, chocolate and tobacco followed by rich concentration and tightly knit texture. I tasted this wine next to a barrel sample of the unfinished 2016 vintage. This vintage appears more exuberant and opulent at this early stage. Some 120,000 bottles were made. September 2018 Drink to 2045 WA 97