Chianti Classico Riserva Villa Antinori 2023

Climate

In Chianti Classico, the 2023 climate season began

with an averagely cold and dry winter, particularly

in the final part of March, favoring bud break

in line with historical averages. From the end of April, the

cool and rainy weather, which continued until the second ten days of

June, required special attention to vineyard management

to achieve an excellent balance of vegetative growth and

productive development, ensuring sparse clusters and

small berries. The summer was generally hot

and dry, without extreme heat spikes. In August, moderate

rains favored a drop in temperatures,

allowing the grapes to optimally initiate and complete

the ripening process. September and October proceeded

regularly, guaranteeing the production of grapes with great

potential. The harvest began with the Sangiovese in the

second half of September and concluded in the second          week of October with the other complementary varieties.

Vinification

After being destemmed and gently pressed, the grapes were transferred to stainless steel tanks where

alcoholic fermentation took place at a controlled temperature of 28-30°C. Maceration lasted

approximately 10-14 days, during which mechanical interventions were performed to control the extraction of

aromas, structure, and sweet tannins. After malolactic fermentation, which took place in stainless steel tanks for the

Sangiovese and in second- and third-use barriques for some batches of the other varieties, the wines were blended and

continued to age in wood, primarily in large barrels and partly in barriques, until the end of

spring 2025. Bottling began in July 2025.

Historical Data

Villa Antinori is first and foremost an idea, a way of conceiving winemaking: as experimentation and

evolution on the one hand, and as historical value on the other. Sangiovese and other complementary varieties pay homage

to a historic label and a wine with a long tradition: this name, in fact, has almost a hundred years of history, and was

produced for the first time with the 1928 vintage. With the inauguration of the Antinori winery in Chianti

Classico, the family wanted to reinterpret a Tuscan classic through a delicate yet

decisive and elegant Riserva.

Tasting Notes

Villa Antinori Chianti Classico Riserva 2023 is ruby ​​red in color. On the nose, notes of morello cherry and

candied orange blend with sweet hints of vanilla and icing sugar, giving way to floral notes of

rose petals and mallow; the bouquet is completed by a complex spicy-sweet contour of licorice, cedar wood, and

caramel. On the palate, the rich and enveloping entry unfolds into a balanced sip; The sweet, savory, and silky tannins

accompany a long, energetic finish, from which pleasant woody tones emerge.