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Wine Description
The Story
The Marchese Antinori Riserva is produced only in superior vintages, utilizing exclusively the grapes of the Tignanello estate vineyards, located in the township of Mercatale Val di Pesa in the Chianti Classico appellation
Wine Information
Autumn of 2010 and the winter of 2011 were characterized by cold and rainy weather and by a bit of snowfall at the end of 2010. Early 2011, instead, was somewhat dry, with a mild spring which led to an early bud burst, ten days ahead of the seasonal average in the zone. The growing season was quite favorable until July, which was cool, returning the cycle of vine development to seasonal norms. The wines then suffered from a prolonged period of...
