Antinori, Solaia, 2008
Solaia is the Antinori bottling that proved Cabernet could rule in Tuscany, and the 2008 is now a mature Super Tuscan ready to drink. It comes from a single twenty-hectare vineyard at the Tenuta Tignanello estate in Chianti Classico country, planted on hard limestone-rich albarese rock with a southwest exposure at 350 to 400 meters. The 2008 is roughly 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Sangiovese and 5% Cabernet Franc, aged in new French oak. This is a serious, structured red that has had well over a decade to soften; decant it and give it air. A benchmark of what Italy can do with Bordeaux grapes.
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Solaia is the Antinori bottling that proved Cabernet could rule in Tuscany, and the 2008 is now a mature Super Tuscan ready to drink. It comes from a single twenty-hectare vineyard at the Tenuta Tignanello estate in Chianti Classico country, planted on hard limestone-rich albarese rock with a southwest exposure at 350 to 400 meters. The 2008 is roughly 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Sangiovese and 5% Cabernet Franc, aged in new French oak. This is a serious, structured red that has had well over a decade to soften; decant it and give it air. A benchmark of what Italy can do with Bordeaux grapes.
