Description
Villa Antinori Chianti Classico Riserva is ruby red in color. The nose shows intensely fruity notes of ripe cherries, red currants, and wild berry fruit along with well integrated notes of toasted oak and tobacco, and a touch of balsamic sensations. The palate is ample and enveloping, savory, soft in its tannins and velvety in texture. The finish and aftertaste are long and persistent.
Wine Spectator
- ws92
This is packed tightly with cherry, pomegranate, plum, earth and Mediterranean scrub flavors. Lively and fresh midpalate, while the dense, chewy tannins flex their muscles on the finish. Give this time. Best from 2026 through 2043. 41,667 cases made, 7,083 cases imported.
Bruce Sanderson, July 22, 2024
Vinous
- v92
The 2021 Chianti Classico Riserva Villa Antinori is laced with black cherry, plum, new leather, licorice and spice. Ample and expansive in feel, the 2021 is wonderfully generous, not to mention incredibly delicious. Fruit sources are from some of the most coveted sites in the appellation.
Antonio Galloni, June 2024
Wine Enthusiast
- we92
The spicy, indulgent nose presents aromas of cloves, cardamom, bergamot, dried cherries and vanilla, while the palate leans into the citrus, cherry and vanilla elements. Acid fizzes around imposing, solid tannins.
Danielle Callegari, October 1, 2024
Wine Advocate
- wa92
This wine sees its fruit sourced from multiple villages: San Casciano, Gaiole, Castellina and Greve. The 2021 Chianti Classico Riserva Villa Antinori is not married to a specific subzone of the appellation because it seeks to embrace a house style rather than a vineyard identity. Aged in tonneaux with some barrique, the wine is rich and lasting but not large. In fact, it remains elegant on the palate with fine tannins and good fruit tension with cherry and blue flowers.
Monica Larner, March 21, 2024
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