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95
/ 100
Wine Enthusiast -
16.5
/ 20
Jancis Robinson MW
Red
Classification
Cabernet Blend
Variety
2006
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Italy
Country
Tuscany, Bolgheri
Region
14.0%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
95 / 100"Mostly Cabernet Sauvignon and Sangiovese (with a small touch of Cabernet Franc), Solaia's winning card is texture. The wine is soft, velvety and penetrating in the mouth with succulent flavors of blackberry, creamy cassis berry, chocolate and tobacco. Thick extraction and quality fruit craft a memorable wine that will last many long and happy years in your cellar."
- Wine Enthusiast
16.5 / 20
"Pretty cold, wet start so there was a late flowering. Very hot July, cooler August with regular rains. September and October enjoyed an Indian summer for the quite-late harvest. Sangiovese was picked from the beginning of October, the Cabernets in mid October. Short harvest, just two weeks whereas it’s generally up to 24 days. This was the last year they did malo in new oak. Since then, malo is done in old oak which makes the wine more approachable, the fruit purer and less tannic. This was also the last vintage with the blend done just after malo. Now they wait a bit longer. Rich and concentrated with a hint of sweet oak on the nose. Sweet palate and a bit of heat on the end. Just a little scrawny on the finish. Quite grippy still but it became gentler in the glass."
- Jancis Robinson MW
Tasting Notes
The Antinori family first produced this iconic wine in 1978, and the initial blend was Cabernet Sauvignon (80%) and Cabernet Franc (20%) and repeated again in 1979. In subsequent years 20% of Sangiovese was introduced into the blend and adjustments were made in the rapport between Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc until the current blend was settled upon. Only produced in exceptional vintages Solaia is a very intense ruby red in colour with concentrated aromas of red and black fruits (cherries and black cherries, raspberries, cassis, blueberries, and wild berry fruit) alongside notes of vanilla, black pepper, and liquorice. The palate is exceptionally elegant and balanced, fresh in its flavour and and silky in texture and tannin. The finish, characterised by notes of fruit and spices, is of great finesse and length.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity