2019 Solaia

Love the depth and restrained power on display here. Made for leisurely drinking over a few hours. Cocoa powder, liqourice, blueberry, smoked herbs and raspberry fruits. Tannins have texture and grip, highlighting a lemongrass and slate roughness to the finish, all given definition by a fennel, almost hoppy bitterness on the finish. The Antinori family, with director Stefano Carpaneto are making the most of a superb vintage with this wine, highly recommended, especially with an extra few years in bottle before opening.
98/100 Jane Anson

The lingering impression of this 2019 Marchesi Antinori Solaia is a wine with a beautiful, melting texture and a weightless quality. It is concentrated and full of flavor but without being heavy. The aromas are very bright and exuberant, with crushed blackcurrant and cassis notes. Charred toast and incense-like notes of oak-spice dominate at present, and they will need time to integrate but every now and then an intriguing aroma of violet passes by. The 2019 vintage was more ‘classical.’ Winter was fairly cold and there was rain in spring and early summer but there were no heat spikes in summer and from the end of August through September and October the weather was perfect for ripening each of the three varieties. The blend in this 2019 Solaia is 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Sangiovese, and 10% Cabernet Franc. Having been fortunate enough to taste 10 vintages of this wine at a single tasting I love the direction in which they are going, becoming more and more graceful with each vintage, culminating in this 2019. Bravo!
98/100 Susan Hulme; The Wine Independent