2014 SOLAIA Marchesi Antinori, Lea & Sandeman

SOLAIA

2014 Marchesi Antinori

Grapes Cab Franc, Sangiovese, Cab Sauv
Colour Red
Origin Italy, Tuscany
District Bolgheri
ABV 14%

The 2014 Solaia will be released during the second half of 2017. This is a fine-tuned expression that shows a focused sense of detail and careful attention. The quota of Cabernet Franc has been upped by a hair and this makes a big difference, especially in terms of the wine's bouquet. Otherwise, this celebrated Tuscan blend is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with Sangiovese. It opens to dark fruit aromas with crushed mineral, pipe tobacco, pressed flower and toasted spice. Its appearance is midnight black and profound. The wine delivers a sense of sheer excitement and nervousness that will subside with another few years of bottle age. Nonetheless, I think a certain amount of that bright edginess or rigidness will always be part of this cool vintage Solaia. In the mouth, the wine is firm, compact and dense. The tannins are chiseled to the point of sublime integration. Marchesi Antinori made 40% less Solaia in this vintage in order to maintain the quality you taste here. Drinking range: 2019 - 2035 Rating: 95 Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate (www.robertparker.com) (Apr 2017)


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Solaia is produced from a 20 hectare plot next to the Tignanello estate. The vines are on hard limestone at around 400m above sea level. First produced in the 1978 vintage; the original blend was 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Cabernet Franc. In subsequent years 20% of Sangiovese has been added and the Cabernet Sauvignon-Cabernet Franc ratio was altered slightly. It is not produced every year, but only when the quality is deemed exceptional.L&S (Sept 2016)

This dark, deep expression of black cherry, blackberry, cedar and tobacco aromas and flavors is firm. Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese and Cabernet Franc. Drinking range: 2020 - 2033 Rating: 93 Bruce Sanderson, The Wine Spectator (Sept 2017)

A dense and fruity red with chocolate, dark berry and cedar character. Full and chewy with a flavorful finish. This is extremely well done for the vintage. Needs two or three years to soften. Better in 2020. Rating: 95 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (Aug 2017)

Marchesi Antinori

The Antinori family has been making wine for over six hundred years, since Giovanni di Piero Antinori became part of the Arte Fiorentina dei Vinattieri in 1385. Throughout their long history, spanning 26 generations, the family has always personally managed the business making innovative, sometimes courageous choices, always with unwavering respect for tradition and the land. They are also considered producers of 'Super Tuscan' wines. Today Marchese Piero Antinori is director of the company, assisted by his three daughters, Albiera, Allegra and Alessia. Tenuta Tignanello, with its famous Tignanello and Solaia vineyards, is situated between the Greve and Pesa valleys in the heart of Chianti Classico exactly between the little villages of Monteridolfi and Santa Maria a Macerata, 30km south of Florence.

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