Antinori - Castello della Sala : Pinot Nero 2021

A refined red, with creamy tannins well-meshed with macerated black cherry, plum skin, woodsy herb, spice and mineral flavors. Fresh and focused, offering good length on the finish. Drink now through 2029.

The grapes for this wine at Antinori's outpost in Umbria are grown on calcareous soils at 400 metres above sea level. Vinified in conical steel tanks then matured in barriques for several months before bottling, it has a warm earth and baked cherry aroma with lifted nuances of fresh and grilled herbs and balsam. Creamy and rich yet fresh and vertical, it has a powdery texture with a slightly chocolatey background and ripe red and black cherry and spice emerging on the finish. Class.

Aromas of bright cherries, ripe raspberries, cloves and cedar. The palate is medium-bodied with delicate, evenly distributed red fruit and a silky profile that concludes cleanly and seamlessly. Drink now.