Villa Antinori Chianti Classico Riserva
The wine
Villa Antinori Chianti Classico Riserva is produced as a tribute to Antinori’s historic label that has accompanied the family’s winemaking traditions over the years. A Tuscan classic with unmistakable style.
Vinification
First produced in 1928, Villa Antinori has nearly one hundred years of history. With vintage 2011, the Chianti Classico Riserva was added to the portfolio once again. Crafted to honor the opening of the family’s flagship winery, Antinori nel Chianti Classico, the family wished to reinterpret a Tuscan classic with a Riserva offering which is both delicate and, at the same time, elegant and decisive in flavor.
Winemaking
Villa Antinori Chianti Classico Riserva is a blend of Sangiovese together with other complementary varieties produced as a tribute to Antinori’s historic label that has accompanied the family’s winemaking traditions over the years. Harvested grapes were destemmed and gently crushed then transferred into stainless steel vats where alcoholic fermentation took place. Maceration on the skins lasted for a period of approximately 10-14 days using controlled automated techniques to gently extract aromas, structure, and supple tannins. Sangiovese underwent malolactic fermentation in stainless steel vats while several lots of the other grape varieties went into second and third fill barriques. The various lots were blended and continued to age in oak, predominantly in larger format barrels and a smaller percentage in barriques until bottling.
Historical Data
Villa del Cigliano, located in the gently rolling hillsides of San Casciano Val di Pesa, in the province of Florence, has always been a symbol of strong family relationships; the villa has watched over the lives of generations of Antinori family members since 1546, the year Alessandro di Niccolò Antinori became the owner of the property.
Villa del Cigliano holds the same meaningful values and sentiments that Niccolò Antinori expressed in 1928 when he first crafted “Villa”. Villa del Cigliano is a symbol of history, identity and family continuity and is still pictured on the label today.
Tasting Notes
The nose opens with fresh notes of pomegranates, cherries and orange peels accompanied by light spicy hints of ginger. Floral undertones complete the bouquet with accents of lavender, rose petals and delicate balsamic notes of white musk. A vertical entry on the palate leads to a savory and flavorful structure while supple tannins accompany an intense and expansive finish with warm notes of cocoa.
Villa Antinori Chianti Classico Riserva is produced as a tribute to Antinori’s historic label that has accompanied the family’s winemaking traditions over the years. A Tuscan classic with unmistakable style.
First produced in 1928, Villa Antinori has nearly one hundred years of history. With vintage 2011, the Chianti Classico Riserva was added to the portfolio once again. Crafted to honor the opening of the family’s flagship winery, Antinori nel Chianti Classico, the family wished to reinterpret a Tuscan classic with a Riserva offering which is both delicate and, at the same time, elegant and decisive in flavor.
Villa Antinori Chianti Classico Riserva is a blend of Sangiovese together with other complementary varieties produced as a tribute to Antinori’s historic label that has accompanied the family’s winemaking traditions over the years. Harvested grapes were destemmed and gently crushed then transferred into stainless steel vats where alcoholic fermentation took place. Maceration on the skins lasted for a period of approximately 10-14 days using controlled automated techniques to gently extract aromas, structure, and supple tannins. Sangiovese underwent malolactic fermentation in stainless steel vats while several lots of the other grape varieties went into second and third fill barriques. The various lots were blended and continued to age in oak, predominantly in larger format barrels and a smaller percentage in barriques until bottling.
Villa del Cigliano, located in the gently rolling hillsides of San Casciano Val di Pesa, in the province of Florence, has always been a symbol of strong family relationships; the villa has watched over the lives of generations of Antinori family members since 1546, the year Alessandro di Niccolò Antinori became the owner of the property.
Villa del Cigliano holds the same meaningful values and sentiments that Niccolò Antinori expressed in 1928 when he first crafted “Villa”. Villa del Cigliano is a symbol of history, identity and family continuity and is still pictured on the label today.
The nose opens with fresh notes of pomegranates, cherries and orange peels accompanied by light spicy hints of ginger. Floral undertones complete the bouquet with accents of lavender, rose petals and delicate balsamic notes of white musk. A vertical entry on the palate leads to a savory and flavorful structure while supple tannins accompany an intense and expansive finish with warm notes of cocoa.
Villa Antinori
Villa del Cigliano, located in the gently rolling hillsides of San Casciano Val di Pesa, in the province of Florence, has always been a symbol of strong family relationships.
The villa has watched over the lives of generations of Antinori family members since 1546, the year Alessandro di Niccolò Antinori became the owner of the property.
