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Antinori's Sangiovese-led Chianti Classico Riserva, made since 1928 and aged about 18 months in large oak and small barrels. Cherry, rose and liquorice, silky tannins, a long savoury finish. Around £24 to £34 from eight UK shops.
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Marasca cherry, candied orange, vanilla, rose petal and liquorice on the 2023, with oak and leather showing through the cherry. Lush and ripe in James Suckling's words, with fresh acidity underneath.
Marasca cherry and candied orange come first on the 2023, then vanilla, rose petal and mallow, with liquorice and cedar behind. Black cherry, pressed violets and black pepper sit in there too. Oak and leather show through the cherry.
Orange peel
Rose petal
Cherry
Plum
Tobacco
Leather
Black pepper
Liquorice
VanillaRich on entry, then fresh Sangiovese acidity keeps it moving. The tannins are silky rather than grippy, which fits the short 10 to 14 days on the skins and the ageing mostly in large oak. The small share of complementary grapes, reportedly Cabernet, adds a darker plum note under the cherry.
Long and savoury, with the toasted, slightly smoky edge from the small-barrel share and a return of liquorice.
The estate Riserva of Italy's best-known wine house, made since 1928 and priced well under the Marchese Antinori Riserva from Tenuta Tignanello. A well-liked wine across recent vintages: the praise is smoothness, the gripe is oak when young. Drink 2025 to 2032.
The 2023 starts at £24 at Xtrawine and the 2022 at £30 at Majestic. Magnums run £50 to £67.50. The worldwide average is about €23 before tax, so the UK bottom end is a fair price.
75cl · Vintage not stated: £31.99, 1 UK retailer
75cl · 2021: £26.03, 1 UK retailer
75cl · 2022: £30.80 - £33.99, 2 UK retailers
Magnum 150cl · 2022: £50.00 - £65.90, 2 UK retailers
Strong for food and for beginners: a classic Sangiovese profile with smooth tannin at £24 to £34. Cellar and occasion scores are middling on purpose; this is a wine for the table.
Medium tannin and fresh Sangiovese acidity, the food-friendly shape: 80 to 95 band, placed high for the silky tannin Antinori describes.
£24 to £34 for a Riserva that critics score 91 to 93, and that averages about €23 before tax worldwide, is strong value for money.
A classic Sangiovese Chianti Classico from the best-known Italian house, smooth tannin, mid price: the 75 to 90 band.
DOCG Riserva with 24 months minimum ageing, 14% alcohol and a critic's 'drink or hold': the 70 to 90 band, at its lower end because this is an estate blend, not a single-vineyard wine.
DOCG Riserva from a famous name at a mid price: dinner-party rather than celebration territory.
Inverse of the cellar score with the price-band penalty above £20 applied.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Chianti Classico denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
2021 was a cool, classic Chianti Classico year and made a firm, bright wine. 2022 was hot and dry and shows ripe plum. 2023 had a wet spring; Antinori picked small berries from late September.
A wet spring and early summer in Chianti Classico, then a drier August. Antinori picked small, loose bunches from late September. James Suckling calls the wine lush and ripe: drink or hold.
A hot, dry year that gave a ripe, plummy Riserva. James Suckling scored it 93 and found fresh roses, black cherry and plum. Round enough to drink now.
A cool, classic Chianti Classico year with firm tannin and bright fruit. Suckling found berries, walnuts and cedar; Wine Spectator and Robert Parker both gave 92. The vintage to keep longest.
A wet spring and early summer in Chianti Classico, then a drier August. Antinori picked small, loose bunches from late September. James Suckling calls the wine lush and ripe: drink or hold.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
A Chianti Classico Riserva must be at least 80% Sangiovese and age at least 24 months, three of them in bottle, and the law caps how much fruit each vineyard may yield. Antinori kept the 2023 in oak until spring 2025.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Chianti Classico is in the DOCG tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Chianti Classico falls within Tuscany, covering Firenze · Siena. The denomination is further divided into 11 sub-zones.
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Wine route in the zone: Strada Chiantigiana SR 222.
Antinori holds the wine in large oak and small barrels for about 18 months, then bottles it. The DOCG Riserva rule of 24 months in total ties up cellar space and money before a bottle is sold.
At 2026 rates a 14% still wine pays £2.67 of duty per 75cl bottle, and VAT is a fifth of the shelf price. On the £24 Xtrawine offer that is about £6.67 of tax.
Villa Antinori has been made since 1928 and is in eight UK shops at once. That scale keeps it well under the Marchese Antinori Riserva from Tenuta Tignanello, which starts at about £40 here.
The Chianti Classico rules cap how much fruit each vineyard may produce and require a panel tasting before release, so a vineyard makes fewer bottles than a plain Toscana IGT.
Fermentation in steel at 28 to 30 degrees C and ageing mostly in large barrels, as Antinori describes, cost less than the all-barrique route used for the house's flagship wines.
Dishes that go with this wine
The wine's fresh acidity and silky tannin want fat and savoury depth: steak on the bone, ragù, lasagne, porcini. Drinkers pair it most with beef, veal and pasta.
Beef fat and char soften the wine's tannin, and the silky texture Antinori aims for means it never turns harsh next to rare meat. The cherry fruit reads brighter after each bite.
Try with: Fiorentina steak · Sunday Roast Beef · Ribeye steak
Tomato and slow-cooked meat carry the same fresh acidity as Sangiovese, so neither side tastes sour. The wine's liquorice and tobacco notes sit well with browned meat and a baked cheese crust.
Try with: Ragu alla bolognese · Lasagna · Pasta arrabbiata · More pairings →
The earthy, leathery side of the wine meets the woodland smell of porcini and the herbs on a porchetta. Lighter roasts work because the tannin is gentle.
Try with: Porcini mushroom risotto · Porchetta · Roast chicken · More pairings →
Lamb fat coats the mouth; the wine's acidity and its 14% body cut through it and leave the palate clean. Rosemary on the lamb picks up the cedar and pepper in the 2023.
Try with: Lamb shank · Leg of lamb · Roast Lamb with Mint Sauce · More pairings →
Salty hard cheese and cured or braised meat make the fruit taste sweeter and the tannin softer. This is the wine's home ground: a Tuscan table with pecorino and something braised.
Try with: Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · Porchetta · Ossobuco alla Milanese · More pairings →
Sugar makes a dry Riserva taste thin and sour, chilli heat makes 14% alcohol burn, and raw fish turns the tannin metallic. Keep it for meat, mushrooms and cheese.
Skip with: Sweet and sour pork · Szechuan beef · Nigiri Sushi · Oysters · Pairing guide →
This is an estate Riserva made in volume, not a collector's single-vineyard wine. James Suckling's 'drink or hold' on the 2023 is about right: enjoy it over eight to ten years, and keep the 2021 longest.
Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.
DOCG Riserva with 24 months minimum ageing, 14% alcohol and a critic's 'drink or hold': the 70 to 90 band, at its lower end because this is an estate blend, not a single-vineyard wine.
£24.00 for a 75cl bottle of the 2023, at XtraWine, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighDrawn from published drinker ratings, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumMostly Sangiovese, with a small share of other grapes that Antinori does not name on its site. Italian merchants' sheets put it at about 90% Sangiovese with Cabernet. Chianti Classico rules require at least 80% Sangiovese.
The grapes ferment in stainless steel at 28 to 30 degrees C, with 10 to 14 days on the skins. The wine then ages in oak, mostly large barrels with some barriques; the 2023 stayed in oak until the end of spring 2025. Riserva rules require 24 months of ageing, three of them in bottle.
No. They are two different Chianti Classico Riservas from the same house. Villa Antinori is the estate wine, made since 1928 and sold here from about £24. Marchese Antinori comes from Tenuta Tignanello and starts at about £40.
Eight to ten years from the vintage is a safe window. James Suckling says 'drink or hold' of the 2023. The firm, bright 2021 is the vintage to keep longest.
Steak, roast beef, ragù, lasagne, porcini and aged pecorino. Drinkers pair it most with beef, veal and pasta. Avoid sweet and sour dishes, hot chilli and raw fish.
At the time of writing, £24 to £34.47 for a 75cl bottle across eight UK shops, with the 2023 cheapest at Xtrawine and the 2022 at £30 from Majestic. Magnums run £50 to £67.50. The offer table on this page is refreshed by our crawl.
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