Marchesi Antinori Solaia 1998 — Toscana, 0.75 L

Name: Marchesi Antinori Solaia 1998 — Toscana, 0.75 L
Brand: Marchesi Antinori
SKU: TOS-MARCHESI-ANTINORI-SOLAIA-1998-075
Price: 372.00 EUR
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Marchesi Antinori

1998 · 0.75 L · RP 93

€ 372,00

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Solaia 1998 from Marchesi Antinori, an IGT red from Tuscany of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Sangiovese, 28 years old.

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0.75 L
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SKU: TOS-MARCHESI-ANTINORI-SOLAIA-1998-075

Key facts

Vintage: 1998
Appellation: Toscana
Classification: IGT
Grapes: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese
Format: 0.75 L
Producer: Marchesi Antinori
Region: Tuscany
Country: Italy
Type: Red
Sweetness: Dry

Category: Bolgheri, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, IGT, Italy, Red, Sangiovese, Tuscany, Wine

Solaia 1998: a vintage Antinori chose to make

Marchesi Antinori makes the wine only in exceptional vintages, and 1998 is not among the years it skipped: 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984 and 1992. The bottle is a dry red, 0.75 L. The Antinori family dates its winemaking to 1385, and today Renzo Cotarella is CEO and chief winemaker of the company, with Piero Antinori as honorary president. The company is headquartered at Bargino, in San Casciano val di Pesa near Florence.

Its classification is IGT, the Italian geographical indication category, and it comes from Tuscany.

Illustration: Tuscan hills with vineyards, olive trees and cypresses

The Tignanello hillside vineyard

The Solaia vineyard covers 20 ha at 350-400 m above sea level, with southwestern exposure, on the hillside of Tenuta Tignanello between the Greve and Pesa valleys. The soils are alberese, a hard limestone, and galestro, a flaky calcareous clay.

Tenuta Tignanello as a whole covers about 319 ha, of which about 165 ha are under vine. Solaia takes 20 ha of that land, and the separate Tignanello vineyard, about 77 ha, sits at the same 350-400 m with limestone-rich soils. Tignanello, the estate’s other red, was first produced in 1970, eight years before Solaia.

Illustration: barrel cellar under a Tuscan villa

From the 1978 first vintage to the 1998 blend

Solaia was first made in 1978. The first blend, for 1978 and 1979, was 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Cabernet Franc. In the following years 20% Sangiovese was added and the Cabernet ratio adjusted until the current formula was fixed.

The estate ages Solaia about 15 months in new French oak barrels, with lots aged separately before blending.

Questions buyers ask

Where is Solaia made?

On the hillside of Tenuta Tignanello in Tuscany, between the Greve and Pesa valleys. The 20 ha vineyard lies at 350-400 m on alberese and galestro soils.

When was Solaia first made?

The first vintage was 1978. Antinori makes Solaia only in selected years.

Was Solaia produced in 1998?

Yes. The company's list of non-produced years is 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984 and 1992, and 1998 is not in it.

What grapes are in Solaia 1998?

The blend is Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Sangiovese. The first 1978-1979 blend was 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Cabernet Franc. The estate ages Solaia about 15 months in new French oak barrels, with lots aged separately before blending.

Is Solaia 1998 a DOC wine?

No. Its classification is IGT, and it comes from Tuscany.

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