Antinori - Tignanello 2004

WINE SPECTATOR: "This is rich and still young, boasting cherry and strawberry fruit flavors along with savory and minerally elements. Beautifully balanced, complex and long on the finish.—Non-blind Tignanello vertical (October 2019). Drink now through 2032."

FALSTAFF: "Sattes, tiefdunkles Rubin, breiter, dunkler Granatrand. Satte, dunkle Frucht in der Nase, nach Melasse, reife Zwetschken, etwas dunkler Waldhonig, im Hintergrund feine Schwarzkirsche. Noch sehr kompaktes, präsentes Tannin, entfaltet sich feinmaschig, zeigt klarerweise schon seine Reife, salzig."

WINE ENTHUSIAST: "Ah, Tignanello, the father of all super Tuscans. A tried and true favorite, it is a Sangiovese-based wine cut with a small component of Cabernet for rich aromas of red fruit and spice. It is elegant, harmonious and long-lasting on the finish."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The 2004 Tignanello (85% Sangiovese, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc) presents a livelier shade of ruby along with fresher aromatics and flavors. Deeply expressive, it reveals black cherries, licorice, tar and sweet toasted oak on a linear, silky-textured frame of great class and elegance, showing outstanding presence on the palate and fine tannins to round out the finish."