Tignanello 2020

Tignanello comes from a beautiful vineyard in San Casciano Val di Pesa (FI) facing south-west with calcareous and tuffaceous soil; the stones reflect the sunlight on the plants and grapes. The view is the enchanting one of the Chianti Classico, made up of farmhouses, groves and white roads. Tignanello wine was born in 1970 as a Chianti Classico Riserva with the blend commonly used at the time: in addition to Sangiovese and Canaiolo, it contained white grapes (Trebbiano and Malvasia). But the following year it rebels against tradition, adopts international grape varieties in the blend with Sangiovese, leaves the Chianti Classico appellation to become table wine. It is actually one of the first "Supertuscans", those wines of character and elegance that aim for excellence. In fact, it was the Sassicaia winemaker himself, Giacomo Tachis, who made the wine. Tignanello is the first modern Tuscan wine, the first Sangiovese aged in French oak barriques (one year); it is worked with the utmost care to respect the qualities of the grapes and produce a classy result. The care of the vineyard is also modern, with high planting intensity and low yields per plant, to maximize the amount of extractive substances in the must. With the same care and attention, all winemaking activities are carried out to achieve the goal of elegance.

Tignanello, an indisputable point of reference, has changed the history of Tuscan wine. It is one of the best known and most appreciated Italian wines in the world. It is mainly composed of Sangiovese (80%) to which Cabernet gives a characteristic exotic touch. The grapes ferment in conical steel vats with punching down and controlled temperature. The malolactic fermentation is carried out in barrique and the wine is subjected to 15 months wood aging in partially new French and Hungarian oak barriques. It ages another year in the bottle before leaving the cellar.