Solaia 2006

Antinori, Piero

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  • GBP Price: £1490.00  per Case
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  • Size: Bottle (75cl)
  • Quantities:20  Cases -  0  Bottle
  • Units: 240
Scores:
Wine Advocate Wine Spectator Burghound Jancis Robinson.com International Wine Cellar
94 97 - - -
Tasting Notes:

The estate’s 2006 Solaia is a big, powerful offering loaded with ripe blackberry jam, herbs, minerals and French oak. Like all of the 2006s from Antinori, the Solaia remains extraordinarily dense and primary. Readers will have to be patient with this wine and give it plenty of bottle age before the full range of its aromas and nuances blossom fully. Solaia is 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Sangiovese and 5% Cabernet Franc. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2026. From top to bottom this is a beautiful set of wines from Antinori. The estate’s 2006 Guado al Tasso, Tignanello and Solaia are all beautiful, even if they don’t appear to possess the elegance of the superb 2004s.

Score: 94 Antonio Galloni, Wine Advocate Maturity: 2014-2026

Displays loads of mint, eucalyptus, currant and meat on the nose. Full-bodied, with masses of fruit, yet reserved and structured. Mouthpuckering now from all the tannins, but this will give incredible pleasure in years to come. Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese and Cabernet Franc. Best after 2014. 6,250 cases made.

Score: 97 James Suckling, Wine Spectator