Winery: Marchesi AntinoriVintage: 2016Grape: Sangiovese, Cabernet Franc & Cabernet SauvignonDrinking window: 2022 - 2045Region: TuscanyProduction: 300.000 bottles Milano Points: 220 PointsTHE ITALIAN GRAPE (96) 2016 is a great year throughout Italy, including Tuscany, and if you are a top producer it is guaranteed you will produce top wine. The 2016 Tignanello shows its great class and proves why it belongs among the big boys of the Super Tuscans. This is a wine with a lot of intensity, nice acidity and medium to full bodied. The Sangiovese performed very well in 2016, and the Tignanello benefits enormously from this with a blend of more than 80% Sangiovese, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and the remainder Cabernet Franc. Beautiful deep red color, with beautiful round well integrated tannins, I recommend leaving it for a few years, then you will enjoy it to the fullest.ROBERT PARKER (97) Tasted from barrel, the 2016 Tignanello will be released next year in April. This celebrated red blend is of course mostly Sangiovese with about 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc. If 2015 is an ideal vintage for Tuscan blended reds made with the great Bordeaux varieties, the 2016 vintage is better suited to Italian grapes such as Sangiovese. This classic vintage of Tignanello has a leg up, albeit slim, over the previous vintage precisely because the protagonist here is Sangiovese. This wine shows a high caliber of fresh primary fruit that is direct and intense. In the mouth, the wine is focused and sharp. Ultimately, the 2016 Tignanello is slightly more streamlined compared to the more fleshy 2015. This adds to the firm elegance you get here. JAMES SUCKLING (97) Wonderful aromas of pine needles, rosemary, fresh mushrooms, bark and dark fruit. Full body. Very tight and tannic backbone. Racy and driven. Undertones of orange peel and wet earth. Even licorice and mint. Great finish. Better after 2021, but exciting to taste now.
