Antinori

GREAT ITALIAN WINES TASTING

Cabernet Grapes: Blended

Marchesi Antinori

Florence

The Antinori family has produced wine since 1385 when Giovanni di Piero Antinori joined the Florentine Winemakers Guild. Throughout its long history--across 26 generations--the family has always managed winemaking in person. Today, the company is managed by Marquis Piero Antinori. The company has dedicated great efforts to improving the quality of its wines, through careful planning of investments and research programs embracing all production aspects. The success of these programs has enabled the company to produce a superb range of quality wines from its various estates in Tuscany and Umbria. The Tignanello Estate is home to the famous Tignanello and Solaia vineyards. Located between the Greve and Pesa Valleys, in the heart of the Chianti Classic area, 30 kilometers south of Florence, Tignanello boasts 350 hectares of land with 147 hectares of vines. The vineyards are divided into small, individual areas over an area of 47 hectares at Tignanello, facing South-West, and the neighboring 10 hectares at Solaia, both with Cabernet and Sangiovese grapes that benefit from specific exposure and micro-climate.

The wine: Solaia Igt Tuscany 1997

Grapes used: Cabernet Sauvignon 75%, Cabernet Franc 5%, Sangiovese 20%

Production Characteristics: the grapes from the Solaia vineyard were strictly selected from among the last to be harvested. The stalks were eliminated and the grapes were pressed softly and vinified separately. Maceration took place in 50 hl wood vats. The wine was then pressed "in barrique" (new wood) for a year (Alliers and Troncais) where it completed malolactic fermentation. Subsequently the wine was poured off for careful assembly of the different varieties and returned "in barrique" for about 14 months. The wine was then bottled at the end of this period. Refinement continued in the bottle for at least 12 months prior to marketing.

Alcohol: 13.5% vol.

Presented by Piero Antinori

Born in Florence in 1939, Marquis Piero Antinori represents the 25th generation of wine producxers in the history of the Antonori family. After earning a degree in Economics, he joined the family company while still very young, becoming Managing Director in 1965 and President in 1988.
Dynamic and far-sighted, he has managed to blend the high tradition of "Case Antinori" in the production of fine wines with modern technologies, thus preserving and promoting Italian winemaking culture. Numerous awards bear witness to the consolidated status whick Marquis Piero Antinori enjoys in Italy and abroad. He also gave major impulse to the growth of the company, thanks to investments in areas suited to the production of quality wine outside the historic "homeland" in Tuscany and Umbria.

Winery

Marchesi Antonori

Piazza degli Antinori 3, 50123 Florence

Tel: 39 055.23595 . Fax: 39 055.2359884

Email: antinori@antinori.it

GREAT ITALIAN WINES TASTING
Cabernet Grapes: Blended
Marchesi Antinori
Florence
	The Antinori family has produced wine since 1385 when Giovanni di Piero Antinori joined the Florentine Winemakers Guild. Throughout its long history--across 26 generations--the family has always managed winemaking in person. Today, the company is managed by Marquis Piero Antinori. The company has dedicated great efforts to improving the quality of its wines, through careful planning of investments and research programs embracing all production aspects. The success of these programs has enabled the company to produce a superb range of quality wines from its various estates in Tuscany and Umbria. The Tignanello Estate is home to the famous Tignanello and Solaia vineyards. Located between the Greve and Pesa Valleys, in the heart of the Chianti Classic area, 30 kilometers south of Florence, Tignanello boasts 350 hectares of land with 147 hectares of vines. The vineyards are divided into small, individual areas over an area of 47 hectares at Tignanello, facing South-West, and the neighboring 10 hectares at Solaia, both with Cabernet and Sangiovese grapes that benefit from specific exposure and micro-climate.
The wine: Solaia Igt Tuscany 1997
	Grapes used: Cabernet Sauvignon 75%, Cabernet Franc 5%, Sangiovese 20% Production Characteristics: the grapes from the Solaia vineyard were strictly selected from among the last to be harvested. The stalks were eliminated and the grapes were pressed softly and vinified separately. Maceration took place in 50 hl wood vats. The wine was then pressed "in barrique" (new wood) for a year (Alliers and Troncais) where it completed malolactic fermentation. Subsequently the wine was poured off for careful assembly of the different varieties and returned "in barrique" for about 14 months. The wine was then bottled at the end of this period. Refinement continued in the bottle for at least 12 months prior to marketing. Alcohol: 13.5% vol.
Presented by Piero Antinori
	Born in Florence in 1939, Marquis Piero Antinori represents the 25th generation of wine producxers in the history of the Antonori family. After earning a degree in Economics, he joined the family company while still very young, becoming Managing Director in 1965 and President in 1988. Dynamic and far-sighted, he has managed to blend the high tradition of "Case Antinori" in the production of fine wines with modern technologies, thus preserving and promoting Italian winemaking culture. Numerous awards bear witness to the consolidated status whick Marquis Piero Antinori enjoys in Italy and abroad. He also gave major impulse to the growth of the company, thanks to investments in areas suited to the production of quality wine outside the historic "homeland" in Tuscany and Umbria.
Winery
	Marchesi Antonori Piazza degli Antinori 3, 50123 Florence Tel: 39 055.23595 . Fax: 39 055.2359884 Email: antinori@antinori.it