Tenuta Tignanello

The Tenuta Tignanello estate is in the heart of Chianti Classico, in the gently rolling hillsides between the Greve and Pesa river valleys. The estate’s two signature wines, Solaia and Tignanello, are produced from these vineyards and have been defined by the international press as “among the most influential wines in the history of Italian viticulture”. The current 16th century manor house was built on the foundations of an estate that dates back to 1346 when the property belonged to the Buondelmonti’s, a noble family that owned a great part of the land in Valle della Pesa.
In the seventeenth century, a cadet branch of the Medici family took possession of the estate and named it Fonte dei Medici. In the mid 1800’s, the Antinori family acquired the estate.

The Wines

Solaia

Toscana IGT

The sunniest part of the Tignanello’s hillside is home to the Solaia vineyard. The first vintage of Solaia was 1978 and is only made in exceptional years with passion, the utmost care and dedication to research together with the finest grapes from its namesake vineyard.

Tignanello

Toscana IGT

Tignanello was the first Sangiovese to be aged in barriques, the first contemporary red wine blended with untraditional varieties and one of the first red wines in the Chianti Classico region that did not use white grapes. Tignanello is a milestone.

Marchese Antinori

Chianti Classico DOCG Riserva

This Antinori family’s historic label made almost entirely with Sangiovese with a small percentage of other complementary varieties. A wine that fully expresses the quality and elegance of Sangiovese grapes grown in this area.

Vinattieri 1385 Tenuta Tignanello Vineyards

The Vineyards

The Tenuta Tignanello estate extends over an area of 319 hectares (788 acres), of which about 130 (321 acres) are dedicated to vines.
Two of the estate’s prized vineyards are on the same hillside, Tignanello and Solaia, on soils that originated from marine marlstone from the Pliocene period rich in limestone and schist. These vineyards sit at an altitude of 350-400 meters above sea level (1148-1312 feet) with considerable temperature fluctuation between day and night. All of these factors combined give the grapes their unique characteristics.

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Tenuta Tignanello