Solaia 2020

The 2020 Solaia is an infant. I expected a more exuberant wine, but the 2020 is built
along more classic lines. Black cherry, plum, gravel, incense, smoke, pencil shavings and
spice all open effortlessly. As always, Solaia is a Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine, but it is
a Cabernet that is distinctly Italian, with plenty of Tuscan acid and structure driving
through the mid-palate and into the finish. The 2020 is a terrific example of the recent
stylistic shift at Antinori. In the past, richness and opulence were qualities of a vintage
that would have been amplified in the vineyard and cellar. Today, the aim is to capture a
more balanced expression of these kinds of vintages, and that very much comes through.