Villa Rosso, Antinori

Antinori

750ml

Code: 45933

21,40€

Villa Rosso, produced for the first time by Niccolò Antinori, father of Piero Antinori, in 1928, was the first Chianti intended to age and improve over time. Principally Sangiovese, with smaller percentages of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Syrah

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Tasting notes: An intense ruby red in color, the wine shows intense and complex aromas of ripe red fruit, sweet spices, and dried fruit. The palate, of good body, is round with supple and velvety tannins, the finish long, sustained, and savory.

Vinification: The harvested grapes were destemmed and given a soft pressing, and the must then went into temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. Fermentation began a day after pressing and lasted from five to seven days; the wine then macerated on its skins for an additional eight to twelve days. The fermentation temperatures of the Cabernet Sauvignon and Sangiovese, held to a maximum of 82° Fahrenheit (28° centigrade), favored the extraction of color and tannins, while the Syrah and Merlot fermented at maximum temperature of 77° Fahrenheit (25° centigrade) to help preserve aroma. After going through a complete malolactic fermentation during the months of October and November, the wine went into French, Hungarian, and American oak barrels, where it aged for twelve months. The wine was then bottled and given an additional eight months of bottle aging before commercial release.

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Producer

Antinori

Wine color

Red

Wine style

Still

Country

Italy

Sweetness

Dry

Region

Toscana

Vintage

2018

Volume (ml)

750ml

Alcohol by volume

13.50%vol

Intl grape variety

Syrah Shiraz, Sangiovese, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon

“When the opportunity arose to create an organization strictly limited to family businesses operating in famous wine producing regions and creating fine wines, we were enthusiastic. The possibility of being able to exchange ideas with other producers and from a family business point of view seemed for us great importance”

Piero Antinori

A HISTORY SINCE 1385 AND A “DOUBLE SPIRIT” PHILOSOPHY

TRADITION AND INNOVATION

In 1385, the Antinori family became part of the wine business when Giovanni di Piero Antinori joined the Florentine Vintner’s Guild. Since 1966, Marchese Piero Antinori, son of Marchese Niccolò, directs the company with his daughters, Albiera, Allegra and Alessia, also playing an active role.

For more than 26 generations now, Antinori’s philosophy is based on the combination of both tradition and innovation: to preserve Italy’s enological traditions and to experiment innovation in winemaking, giving each wine tester the pleasure of discovering a unique alliance.

Each of Antinori’s vineyards and estates has its own individual character, its own history and its own universe perceived and discovered in the tasting of each of their fine wines.

Antinori’s vineyards for red wine are mostly located in Tuscany, in the area of Chianti Classico where it owns a total of 700 hectares divided between Tignanello, Pèppoli, Badia a Passignano, Antinori Chianti Classico winery and Sansano.

White wines are produced in Umbria in the Orvieto Classico region, at Castello della Sala estate, and in Tuscany at Monteloro estate.

Other red wine comes from the Montepulciano, Bolgheri, Montalcino, Castiglione della Pescaia and Sovana areas.

Besides Tuscany and Umbria, Antinori is also present in Lombardy, Piedmont, Apulia, California, Washington State, Hungary and Malta where it produces both red and white wines.

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