Expert Rating

90.5

1999 Antinori Tignanello

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Vineyard: Antinori

Price: $84.99

Varietal: Sangiovese

Drink By: 2008

Style: Red

Region: Italy >Tuscany

Other Vintages: 2005 2004 2003 2001 2000 1998 1995 1988 1986 1981

Winemaker's Notes

Intensely fruity and complex on the nose, full-bodied, rich and complex in the mouth with exceptional structure and a lengthy finish. The original Super-Tuscan, Tignanello is produced exclusively from the Tignanello vineyard, a 47 hectares (116 acres) southwest-facing, calcareous rocky-marl and limestone soil plot with tufaceous elements, planted between 1,150 and 1,312 feet above sea level at Antinori's Santa Cristina Estate. It was the first Sangiovese to be aged in small oak barrels, the firs...

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Wine Advocate

91

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Wine Spectator

90

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Rating for Italy-Tuscany: 94 (good year)

Drinkability: young, aging quickly, could be good now