ANTINORI

Tradition, passion and intuition were the driving qualities that led the Marquis Antinori to establish themselves as one of the main Italian wine producers. The Antinori family has been dedicated to wine production for more than six hundred years: ever

Tradition, passion and intuition were the driving qualities that led the Marquis Antinori to establish themselves as one of the main Italian wine producers. The Antinori family has been dedicated to wine production for more than six hundred years: ever since, in 1385, Giovanni di Piero Antinori became part of the Florentine art of winemakers. Throughout its long history, through 26 generations, the family has always managed this business directly with innovative and sometimes courageous choices but always maintaining respect for traditions and for the territory. As the Marquis Piero likes to say: "ancient roots play an important role in our philosophy, but they have never inhibited our innovative spirit". Over time, investments in other areas suitable for the production of quality wines both in Italy and abroad were added to the estates of Tuscany and Umbria, the historical heritage of the family, where a new path of enhancement of new terroir "with high wine potential. Marchesi Antinori expresses its passion for viticulture by seeking increasingly subtle margins for improvement. For this reason, continuous experiments are carried out in the vineyards and cellars with selections of autochthonous and international grape clones, types of cultivation, altitude of the vineyards, fermentation methods and temperatures, traditional and modern winemaking techniques, different types of wood, size and age of the barrels , and varying the length of the refinement in the bottle.