Marchesi Antinori, Solaia 2021 750ML burgDC2026 The wine opens to a

The wine opens to a dark garnet color with some brick red too

resonant finish laced with tons of Pinot Noir gaminess

This is full of energy and tingling freshness

Even if the oak treatment for the 2017 1902 Centenary Carignan is the same as for the Centenary Grenache (16 months in new oak)

Asahitaka Tokubetsu Honjozo offers a refined balance of floral fruitiness

Marchesi Antinori, Solaia 2021 750ML burgDC2026 The wine opens to aAll said and done, the Marchesi Antinori 2021 Solaia is a monument to perfect winemaking. This coiffed supermodel does not show a single hair follicle out of place. However, it doesn't quite have the same sex appeal of the Tignanello. In my conversations with Estate Manager Renzo Cotarella during this tasting, it was expressed this way: "Tignanello is unexpected. Solaia is expected." Whereas Tignanello is a wine of vertical lift and energy, Solaia is