Antinori nel Chianti Classico estate spotlight
The official Marchesi Antinori channel traces 26 generations of the Florentine house, from 1385 to the Chianti Classico winery at Bargino.
2022 Marchesi Antinori Villa Antinori Chianti Classico Riserva Tuscany, Italy
A 95-point Kerin O'Keefe Riserva from the Antinori family, now twenty-eight dollars a bottle.
Villa Antinori Chianti Classico Riserva was first bottled in 1928. The 2022 is ruby, with blackberry, raspberry jelly, tobacco, licorice, and cocoa, now $28 against a $40 SRP.
30% off the supplied street price
A hundred-year Riserva at a twenty-eight-dollar ask
This is not a generic Chianti. It is the Antinori family's Riserva, built to age, priced under the $40 SRP for this promotion.
The house
Giovanni di Piero Antinori joined the Florentine Winemakers' Guild in 1385. Twenty-six generations later the family still bottles in Chianti Classico.
The wine
Sangiovese fermented in steel, complementary lots in used barrique, then a year in large oak. Bottling began July 2024. Alcohol 14%.
The proof
Kerin O'Keefe 95, James Suckling 93, Wine Advocate 92, Wine Enthusiast 92. We sell the bottle, not a speech.
The buy
$28 a bottle, $168 for six, $336 for twelve with free shipping. The supplied SRP is $40.
What is $28 Villa Antinori Riserva actually buying?
$28 versus the $40 SRP supplied for this promotion is 30 percent off. Lowest confirmed U.S. bottle on 2026-08-27 sat near $28.
At $28 per bottle, the 6-bottle allocation totals $168.
Review Wine-Searcher (opens in a new tab) for exact-vintage listings and Marchesi Antinori (opens in a new tab) for producer notes. The $40 SRP is supplied for this promotion.
Slash price per bottle, 30 percent under the supplied $40 SRP.
Fruit first, then tobacco and tea
The house writes blackberry, medlar jam, raspberry jelly, tobacco, licorice, candied lemon, and cocoa, then a long finish of rose petal and black tea.
A hot, dry year through July, then rain in August. Vines self-regulated. Harvest ran from late September into the second week of October. The 2022 is generous, not heavy.
Ruby. Blackberry, raspberry jelly, tobacco, licorice, candied lemon peel, and cocoa powder.
Silky, savory tannins. Full attack, then a vertical, long finish. 14% ABV.
Rose petal and black tea. Serve near 60 F. Open 20 minutes ahead.
Steel for Sangiovese, oak for the blend
The Riserva is built the Antinori way: controlled extraction, then time in large wood.
Cellar: Destemmed fruit, steel fermentation at 28 to 30 C, 10 to 14 days on skins with gentle pump-over.
Oak: Sangiovese malo in steel. Complementary lots in second- and third-fill barriques. Blend aged mainly in large cask through spring 2024.
Intent: A delicate and decisive Riserva, not a Super Tuscan speech. Bottling started July 2024.
From 1928 to Bargino
The name is almost a century old. The cellar in the hill is from 2012.
Niccolo Antinori created Villa Antinori in 1928 as a Chianti Classico meant to evolve in bottle. The Riserva is that idea, rewritten for the modern house.
In 2012 the family opened Antinori nel Chianti Classico at Bargino, built into the hill with local materials, and later ranked among the World's Best Vineyards.
Twenty-six generations in the guild, one Riserva, twenty-eight dollars today.
Ragu on the pasta, steak on the board
Sangiovese acidity and silky tannin want tomato, fat, and a hard sear, not a timid plate.
Two plates. One bowl of pappardelle with meat ragu. One pan-seared steak. Both can take the Riserva.
Pull the cork 20 minutes ahead. Serve near 60 F in a Chianti glass.
Spaghetti Bolognese
Nagi's slow ragu, wide pasta, parmesan. Tomato and fat meet Sangiovese acidity.
Why it works: Tomato brightness and beef fat match the wine's fruit and tannin without adding oak.
View Recipe for Spaghetti Bolognese (opens in a new tab)
Pan-seared steak
Kenji's hard sear, rosy center, coarse salt. A Tuscan table without the restaurant markup.
Why it works: Char and fat soften the Riserva's frame while the acidity cuts the crust.
View Recipe for The Food Lab's Complete Guide to Pan-Seared Steaks (opens in a new tab)Put Villa Antinori Riserva on the table tonight
This is the bottle that argues for a real Chianti Classico Riserva without asking you to pay Super Tuscan money.
Blackberry, cocoa, tea. 60 F, pasta or a steak.
Six bottles at $168. Enough for a table that wants a second pour.
Twelve at $336, ships free.
Take the 2022 Villa Antinori Riserva home while a 95-point Chianti Classico still costs twenty-eight dollars.
