Descrizione

Solaia è un vigneto di circa 20 ettari situato presso Tenuta Tignanello, da cui nasce questo vino prodotto per la prima volta nell’annata 1978; l’uvaggio iniziale era 80% Cabernet Sauvignon e 20% Cabernet Franc, che è stato ripetuto nel 1979. Nelle annate successive è stato introdotto un 20% di Sangiovese e sono state fatte alcune correzioni, fino ad arrivare alla composizione attuale. 

Note fruttate di ciliegia matura, ribes nero e mirtillo, fiori secchi, spezie si mescolano a note di tabacco e balsamiche di menta ed eucalipto. Un vino molto ben strutturato, avvolgente ed elegante, con un grande potenziale di invecchiamento e prodotto solo in annate eccezionali, come questa.

 

Dettagli del prodotto

La cantina
Antinori
Tipo di vino
Red
Annata
2018
Alcool
13.5% vol.
Varietà
75% Cabernet sauvignon, 20% Sangiovese, 5% Cabernet franc
Origine
Toscana IGT

Degustazione

Visual
Color rojo rubí profundo.
Profumo
Aromas a fruta madura, con toques balsámicos de menta fresca y mirto. Se completa con refinados aromas especiados de pimienta blanca, canela tostada y cacao en polvo.
Bocca
Su paladar es rico, con taninos suaves, aterciopelados y vibrantes que imparten un final largo y un regusto persistente de notas tostadas.
Temperatura di servizio
Se recomienda servir a 16 ºC.
Consumo
Buen potencial de guarda.

Vigna e preparazione

Nome del vigneto
Solaia
Descrizione
Se trata de una parte del viñedo de Tignanello, con orientación suroeste, situado a 350-400 metros de altitud.
Suolo
Roca calcárea.
Clima
La añada 2017 presentó características inusuales. Un descenso repentino de las temperaturas a finales de abril provocó unos rendimientos ligeramente inferiores. El verano fue seco, pero las lluvias de septiembre redujeron el estrés de las uvas y permitieron su madurez óptima.
Raccolto
La recolección tuvo lugar entre el 20 de septiembre al 6 de octubre.
Vinificazione
Tras su llegada a bodega las uvas se despalillaron, pasaron a una mesa de selección exhaustiva y se prensaron. La fermentación y la maceración se realizó con la máxima atención a la frescura de los aromas, la suavidad y la elegancia. Una vez que las pieles se separan del jugo, el vino pasó a realizar la fermentación maloláctica en pequeñas barricas de roble para dar mayor finura al vino.
Invecchiamento
El proceso de crianza duró 18 meses en roble francés. Durante este periodo los diversos lotes, fermentados y envejecidos por separado según variedad y otras variables (parcela de viñedo, madurez, carácter), completaron su envejecimiento y se ensamblaron unos meses antes de embotellar.

Recensioni degli esperti

Decanter:

Produced since 1978, Solaia comes from a 20-hectare vineyard with a southwestern exposure at around 350-400 metres above sea level. The soil is the typical 'alberese' limestone and 'galestro' schist. The 2018 vintage was fairly classic. The grape harvest began in late September with Cabernet Franc, followed by Sangiovese, and was completed on 10 October with Cabernet Sauvignon. This Solaia opens up with restrained bramble fruits, meaty hints, clove and dark chocolate framed with balsamic notes. The attack is full and soft with lively acidity, focused on the vibrancy of Cabernet Sauvignon from Chianti, with impressively refined tannins. Polished and concentrated, it finishes with an amazing salty persistency. Possibly it has less volume to 2016, but a bracing wine.

The Wine Advocate:

The Marchesi Antinori 2018 Solaia reveals a silky and elegant personality, and the wine steps away from some of the more robust fruit weight and dark concentration that we've seen in the past. This elegant vintage prizes fruit purity and focus with black plum, cassis, blue flower, pencil shaving and lots of sweet spice from the oak that recalls clove and toasted almond. The blend is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with smaller parts Cabernet Franc and Sangiovese. The fruit is harvested at the Antinori family's Tenuta Tignanello at the heart of the Chianti Classico appellation. The percentage of Cabernet Franc used in the blend is the ultimate Solaia wild card. In this vintage, the Franc has been increased to 7%, and that number is expected to be even higher in 2019 as the vines get older and the fruit more complex. Production of Solaia is 65,000 bottles in this vintage. This is a beautiful wine, but if pressed I must admit a preference for the 2018 Tignanello (the other celebrated wine crafted at this property). The 2018 Solaia is delicious on all fronts as expected, but the 2018 Tignanello struck at my heart strings. Either way, these are stunning results.

James Suckling:

Very aromatic and lively on the nose with currants, fresh herbs, white pepper and cherry blossoms. Full-bodied with a vertical, multilayered structure and ultra fine tannins. Velvety texture. Extremely long and focused. Complex and succulent. This is the smallest production of Solaia ever. Great length. This is a beautifully complex red that’s open now, but needs another three to four years to show even more of its excellence.