Producer
Antinori
Antinori is the historic wine house Marchesi Antinori that produces, in very limited quantities, a brandy made as a pure wine distillate and aged in small oak casks for over six years.
- San Casciano Val di Pesa (Florence) · Tuscany · Italy
- 33 products
The story
The Antinori family has been active in the wine world for centuries; brandy production is an episodic activity tied to the company's winemaking experience. According to official information, Brandy Antinori has been produced only on a few occasions (just 5 times in the last 50 years) and always in very limited batches.
Production philosophy
To integrate winemaking tradition with the creation of distillates that reflect territorial identity: the brandy is conceived as a high-quality wine distillate, treated with care and reserved for selected productions.
Territory
Tuscany (Chianti Classico / area of San Casciano Val di Pesa), operational base and historical activity linked to the Antinori family's winemaking operations in Tuscany.
Production method
A pure distillate of wine; production is limited and not continuous. The product is subsequently aged in small oak casks for a period exceeding six years.
Ageing
Aging in small oak casks for over six years.
Characteristics
- Type
- Producer
- City
- San Casciano Val di Pesa (Florence)
- Categories
- brandy
- wine distillates
- Tuscan specialties
- limited edition production
- Raw materials
- wine (pure wine distillate)
- Casks and ageing vessels
- small oak casks
- Representative products
- Brandy Antinori 70cl
What makes it distinctive
- Pure wine distillate
- Produced only in very limited quantities (reported: produced 5 times in the last 50 years)
- Aged in small oak casks for over six years
- Label reserved for connoisseurs / selected productions