Producer Profile
Marchesi Antinori Villa Antinori
While most of the Antinori family’s estates are firmly anchored in a specific wine region or subregion, its Villa Antinori project represents an idea: the family’s deep roots in Toscana, as interpreted by patriarch Niccolò Antinori. In 1928, Niccolò wanted to make a Chianti Classico that symbolized his connection to Toscana, and Villa Antinori Chianti Classico was born. Today, the Antinori family draws from its various estates in Chianti Classico — including its Tignanello, Solaia, Badia a Passignano, and Monteloro holdings — to make its four Villa Antinori bottlings: the estate’s captivating Chianti Classico Riserva, its piquant Pino Bianco, its charming Rosso IGT, and its delightful Bianco IGT. The label of these four Villa Antinori bottles depict Villa del Cigliano, the family’s sixteenth-century home situated in San Casciano in the gently rolling hills north of Florence. More than a home, Villa del Cigliano embodies the Antinori family’s ancient connection to winemaking because it’s the place where the family took its first steps into crafting the wines that have made the Antinori family the global force it is today.
