Marchesi Antinori - Solaia Toscana 2019 (750ml)

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Producer	Marchesi Antinori
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Subregion	Toscana IGT
Varietal	Bordeaux Blend
Vintage	2019
Sku	5010
Size	750ml

This has a complex array of blackberries black cherries cocoa dried herbs slate tobacco olives and charred bark. Some dried roses and iodine too. Medium-to full-bodied with firm yet refined tannins. Powerful in an understated way. Long. 73% cabernet sauvignon 7% cabernet franc and 20% sangiovese. Try in 2025.

Love the depth and restrained power on display here. Made for leisurely drinking over a few hours. Cocoa powder liqourice blueberry smoked herbs and raspberry fruits. Tannins have texture and grip highlighting a lemongrass and slate roughness to the finish all given definition by a fennel almost hoppy bitterness on the finish. The Antinori family with director Stefano Carpaneto are making the most of a superb vintage with this wine highly recommended especially with an extra few years in bottle before opening.

Wonderful raspberry and black cherry fragrance on the nose ripe and sweet and expressive aromas bursting from the glass. Fleshy and sweet sticky and full this is giving a whole load of ripe plush tannins and powerful fruit but underpinned by bright acidity that keeps things lifted and vibrant. A very serious wine this is brooding and confident. It's showcasing lots of elements right now - ample generous hefty and stylish with flecks of red flowers white pepper spice ground coffee herbs and chocolate. A dark horse at the moment waiting for its moment to fully shine. Individual lots were fermented in 60hl truncated cone-shaped vats racked with malolactic fermentation beginning in barriques followed by ageing for 18 months in French oak barrels before blending and reput into barrels to complete the process.

The Marchesi Antinori 2019 Solaia is another blockbuster success from Tuscany's leading wine estate. The blend sees a slightly higher percentage of Cabernet Franc and a slightly lower percentage of Sangiovese. The current mix is 75% Cabernet Sauvignon 15% Sangiovese and 10% Cabernet Franc (which has been creeping up in recent years especially as the climate changes). The soils at the Solaia vineyard are rich in Galestro rock which is an especially happy pairing with Cabernet Franc in particular. Managing Director Renzo Cotarella tells me that that a vintage like 2019 is proof that the final character of a wine comes from its surrounding territory not from the blend. This is a generous and extremely expressive edition with lots of dark fruit spice and sweet tobacco. The tannins are beautifully velvety and soft. This is a beautiful wine that collectors will love.

The 2019 Solaia