Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG 'Badia a Passignano' 2021 (750 ml.) Antinori

Badia a PassignanoIt is located above Sambuca. Val of Pesa, 3 km south of Tenuta Tignanello; its 223 hectares extend over a limestone terrain, reaching an altitude of 250 to 300 meters in one of the most beautiful and productive areas of Chianti Classico. Its fundamental importance in the history of Chianti is documented in hundreds of volumes, now housed in the State Archive of Florence, which provide information about the Sangiovese vineyards and the crops in the area. In confirmation of this, in 1983, an ancient vitis vinifera plant was found in the lands surrounding Badia a Passignano.

THE COMPANY

The Family Antinori is dedicated to winemaking since more than six hundred yearsSince when, in 1385, Giovanni di Piero Antinori He became part of the Florentine Art of Vinattieri. Throughout its long history, across 26 generations, the family has always directly managed this business with innovative and sometimes courageous choices, while always maintaining an unwavering respect for traditions and the territory.

Today the company is led by Albiera. Antinori, with the support of the two sisters Allegra and Alessia, personally involved in the company's activities. Marquis Piero Antinori He is currently the Honorary President of the company. Tradition, passion, and intuition have been the driving qualities that have led the... Marchesi Antinori to establish itself as one of the leading Italian wine producers.

Every year, every land, every idea that one wants to implement is a new beginning, a new search for increasingly higher quality margins. As Marquis Piero likes to say: "the ancient roots play an important role in our philosophy, but they have never inhibited our innovative spirit." Over time, investments in other areas suited for the production of quality wines, both in Italy and abroad, have been added to the estates in Tuscany and Umbria, the family's historical heritage, where a new path of enhancement of new "terroirs" with high viticultural potential could be undertaken.

The Marchesi Antinori They express their passion for viticulture by constantly seeking more subtle margins of improvement. For this reason, continuous experiments are carried out in the vineyards and wineries with selections of clones of native and international grapes, types of cultivation, vineyard altitudes, fermentation methods and temperatures, traditional and modern winemaking techniques, different types of wood, sizes and ages of the barrels, and varying the length of aging in the bottle.

"We have demonstrated, over the years, that in Tuscany and Umbria there was the possibility of producing quality wines, recognized internationally, that could show elegance and finesse while always maintaining their original character. Our library has many titles, but for us it is not rich enough. We have a mission that is not yet fully accomplished, which drives us to express the vast potential of our vineyards and to reconcile the new that remains to be discovered with the heritage of Tuscan taste that includes tradition, culture, agriculture, the artistic and the literary, which indeed represent the identity of..." Marchesi Antinori, "One of its greatest strengths lies in the fact that it is Tuscan, or, if you prefer, our 'Tuscanness'."Piero Antinori
 

The family Antinori It has been part of PFV, "Premum Familiae Vini," since its founding, an informal association of wineries owned by a family. PFV goes beyond geographical boundaries and maintains a common bond: that of vineyard ownership and wine production as a family activity to cultivate and refine, like a great wine, over time.