Best $30 I have ever spent for a tasting. Yes I have run a ton and been to a ton. How there were not more people at this event is beyond words. Anyway here are the wines.
CellarTracker! Haskell’s Antinori Tasting
- 2024 Tenuta Guado al Tasso (Antinori) Vermentino Bolgheri – Italy, Tuscany, Bolgheri
Very nice with floral, lemon, dust, lime, tropical fruit and spice. Medium plus finish. Fragrant wine. (91 pts.)
- 2023 Pian Delle Vigne (Antinori) Rosso di Montalcino – Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Rosso di Montalcino
Ok nothing special with some heat. Spice, earth, rose petals, red currants and plum. Medium finish. Hold for a few years. (87 pts.) - 2020 Pian Delle Vigne (Antinori) Brunello di Montalcino – Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Very tight and needs a 3 day review. Leather, figs, forest floor, gravel, dust and blue fruits. Medium finish. (90 pts.) - 2023 Tenuta Guado al Tasso (Antinori) Bolgheri Il Bruciato – Italy, Tuscany, Bolgheri
Agree with ben on this one. Oak, smoke, cherry, plum, mint, dark chocolate, cranberry and spice. Medium plus finish. (92 pts.)
- 2022 Tenuta Guado al Tasso (Antinori) Bolgheri Superiore – Italy, Tuscany, Bolgheri, Bolgheri Superiore
Outstanding with oak, blueberries, cherry, dust, lavender and earth. Long finish. Drink for 20 years. (95 pts.)
- 2021 Antinori Chianti Classico Marchese Antinori Riserva Tenuta Tignanello – Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG
Outstanding quality with a rustic edge to it. Leather, earth, tar, spices, minerals, bitter chocolate and floral notes. Medium plus finish. Drinking well now but drink through 2032. (93 pts.)
- 2021 Antinori Tignanello – Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
While young showing great promise. 80% Sangiovese/ 10% Cabernet Sauvignon/ !0% Cabernet Franc. Natural cork. Black licorice, spice, earth, cherry, cedar, bright floral notes and blueberries. Long finish and concentrated wine. What a treat and should drink well for 20 years. 94+ (94 pts.)
- 2021 Antinori Solaia – Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Natural cork. Well for a $30 tasting this was a show stopper. Maybe the smoothest wine I have tasted this year. Minerals, sour cherry, perfume, wood, dust, blue currants, coffee beans and cassis. Long and elegant finish. This wine is young but this showing always it to drink now over the next 25 years. Outstanding and top 10 candidate of the year. 96+ (96 pts.)
