The phrase "Super ... made the wine darker, rounder and more accessible. Although the rules in place in 1971 meant Antinori was only allowed to declare his wine, called Tignanello, a simple ...

Founded by Ludovico Antinori in Bolgheri, Italy in 1981, Ornellaia is a Super Tuscan, that is, a wine made in Tuscany ... Sassicaia, Tignanello, or Le Macchiole Messorio. Besides producing four ...

Their work culminated in Tignanello, the first super Tuscan, which debuted in 1970. Italy needed a wine that would mark it as a great wine nation, and Antinori delivered exactly that. Then he pushed ...

The 1997 Tignanello exhibited a lighter, slightly cloudy appearance—a reflection of its age and natural oxidation, as well as a less precise filtration process typical of its era. In contrast, Château ...

Tignanello is a “Super Tuscan” wine where the famous Italian native red grape Sangiovese is blended with Bordeaux grape varieties. But Montalcino, especially the winegrowing areas for the ...

Marchese Piero Antinori describes the vineyards of Tignanello and Solaia and tastes the 1997 vintage of each wine with winemaker Renzo Cotarella and Bruce Sanderson. Solaia '97 was WS Wine of the Year ...