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Solaia represents Giacomo Tachis's creative engagement with Piero Antinori. While Tignanello may have introduced the estate, Solaia has never been in its shadows. Essentially the mirror image of Tignanello, Solaia leans on Cabernet Sauvignon blended with Sangiovese, but with an added smidge of Cabernet Franc. Like the Tignanello, Solaia is derived exclusively from its namesake vineyard, Solaia-meaning sunny one-and it is produced exclusively in vintages of high caliber. With a gorgeous, fat profile of cassis, herbs, and minerals that's marked with mouthwatering notes of tar and scorched earth, Solaia owns the happy convergence of international grapes and Italian terroir and tradition.
- Country: Italy
- Region: Toscana
- Sub-region/Appellation: Bolgheri Rosso
While deeply ensconced in the rebellious tradition of Super-Tuscan wines, Guado al Tasso’s Marchese Piero Antinori stands in opposition to most Super-Tuscan winemakers. In contradiction to those producers who looked to French techniques, Antinori believes that to imitate a Bordeaux wine is wrong; rather, he wants to make great wines by using Italian tradition to shape both indigenous and international varietals. With the guidance of legendary enologist Giacomo Tachis, Antinori introduced Tignanello in 1971, Solaia in 1978, and Guado al Tasso in 1990. Located in the Bolgheri zone, the Guado al Tasso estate, or “Badger’s Ford,” dates back to 1385 when Antinori’s ancestors joined the Florentine Guild of Vintners. Twenty-six generations later Antinori has acquired and developed estates in Toscana’s finest and most progressive viticultural areas of Montalcino, Chianti Classico, and Montepulciano, and beyond, all of which work in concert to produce some of the bst-loved Italian wines.
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