| Antinori
2001 Solaia |
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About
This Wine:
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Solaia endures as
Italy's most prestigious blended wine and is the flagship
of her most celebrated producer. The golden child
of Piero Antinori and esteemed enologist Giacomo Tachis,
whose magic touch has graced Italy's most elite Super
Tuscans (Sassicaia, Tignanello, Sammarco, Argiano),
the wine was born in 1978 as a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon
and Cabernet Franc and grew in 1982 to include Sangiovese.
The grapes used to make this "sunny one"
are grown exclusively in the eponymous vineyard, a
highly desirable 10-hectare plot of land on the Tignanello
estate.
The 1978 debut was limited to its
homeland, but once this life-changing wine ventured
out internationally, it enchanted wine enthusiasts
worldwide. Still produced only in the best vintages,
Solaia was crowned the Wine of the Year by Wine
Spectator back in 2000 (for the 1997 vintage) and
has collected the prestigious Tre Bicchieri award
from the Gambero Rosso for eleven separate vintages.
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