"Flamboyant and Opulent" Antonio Galloni, Vinous (on the 2019). Available In Bond or Duty Paid.
Badia a Passignano has seen immense success over the years leaving so many Chiantis behind. It is worth so much more than we are charging. In the world of heady Tuscan prices, this wine is worth double the money. We have been following the success of this wine over the past 15 years and the wine is outrageously good value, supremely fine and will mature in your cellar over the next 10 years. The Sangiovese on the estate is now mature enough to offer a dazzling take on Chianti. Marchesi Antinori is quite rightly proud of this gem.
One of the most ancient areas in the Chianti Classico region, Badia a Passignano is located above the town of Sambuca Val di Pesa, just 3 kilometres south of the Tenuta Tignanello estate. The property extends over an area of 223 hectares (551 acres), of which 65 hectares (160 acres) are planted with vines. The estate’s historical importance in the Chianti region is well documented in hundreds of volumes that are kept in the Florence State Archives that provide descriptions and details about the Sangiovese vineyards and local crops over the centuries. Further proof of this came to light in 1983 when a thousand-year-old vitis vinifera plant was discovered on the land surrounding Badia a Passignano. The wines are vinified at the Tignanello estate and then gently aged in the cellar beneath the badia (abbey). This abbey itself dates back to the 10th Century. Badia a Passignano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione is produced exclusively from the finest Sangiovese grapes harvested from its namesake vineyard located in the heart of the Chianti Classico region. The region has been respected and appreciated for its outstanding wine production since the year 1000. The vineyards grow at an altitude of approximately 300 meters (984 feet) above sea level on soils rich in limestone with a fair amount of clay. The wine is aged in the historic cellars under the Badia (abbey) of Passignano that dates as far back as the 10th century.
