In Bond Fine Wine. 2021 Antinori - Badia a Passignano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Badia A Passignano, Badia A Passignano, Tuscany, Italy. Red italy - tuscany in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 95/100 (AG). Drinking window: 2024–2036. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Monica Larner (ML) — 93/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 21/03/2024 · Drink 2024-2035
The Marchesi Antinori 2021 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Badia a Passignano is the most modern, or "international," of the Gran Selezione wines presented by this legendary estate this year. It is also the wine with the most noticeable oak signature, revealed as sweet tobacco and spice. The Badia has lots of mature fruit, volume and softness. It is made with 100% Sangiovese, but this specific gr…
Antonio Galloni (AG) — 95/100 · Vinous, 01/06/2024 · Drink 2025-2036
The 2021 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Badia a Passignano is one of the best editions of this wine I have ever tasted. Ripe blue-toned fruit, spice, chocolate, leather and licorice fill out the layers in an ample, full-bodied Gran Selezione. Here, too, changes in vinification and aging yielded a wine that marries refinement with textural resonance. Superb.