2021 Marchesi Antinori Solaia Toscana Italy Falkensteiner pretty and ripe earth

pretty and ripe earth

I would cellar it for at least a few years

but better to drink from 2025

A beautifully layered red with blackcurrant

tasty and balanced

2021 Marchesi Antinori Solaia Toscana Italy Falkensteiner pretty and ripe earthAntinori's 2021 Solaia is another wine that captures all of the potential I sensed when I tasted it some months ago. More than anything else, the 2021 is a fine example of the style Antinori favors these days, an approach that favors finesse more than opulence. Dark plum, mocha, licorice, chocolate, spice, lavender and menthol build effortlessly in the glass. Oak and tannin are impeccably balanced. The 2021 spent 18 months in wood, three months in