Antinori, Chianti Classico, Badia a Passignano Gran Selezione
Antinori · Tuscany › Chianti Classico › Italy
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
90
/100
Reviews
16
professional
Vintages
No vintages
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Community Reviews
2525
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89.6
Avg Score
93
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Taster #3129
· Oct 18, 2025
93/100
Picked this up directly from the vineyard in 2013. Has been properly cellared ever since. Smooth, medium bodied. A mix between black cherry, and slightly chocolate finish. Leathery. Delicious which complimented our ribeye steaks and garden salad.
2010 vintage
Taster #7723
· Jul 26, 2025
I was not quite as big a fan this time around, I noticed less fruit and there were more savoury notes, but still nice and it worked with a dish of roasted Italian sausages and vegetables.
2010 vintage
Taster #2747
· Mar 20, 2025
87/100
Generally I’m a fan of this Gran Selezione, but this one was over the hill: raisin, soft cedar wood, coffee, medium body, leather, some dark cherry, dry raisinny finish. Wine tasting evening.
2010 vintage
Taster #7723
· Mar 9, 2025
Drinking nicely at the moment, well balanced, dark fruit, rather mellow, and pretty good alongside a grilled ribeye. I have another bottle and am debating drinking it while the drinking is good or leaving it a while longer.
2010 vintage
Taster #8777
· Mar 22, 2024
91/100
I was concerned opening this bottle after seeing 2 "flawed bottle" reviews. Luckily my bottle was perfect. Fruit has subsided but still a very enjoyable bottle of wine.
2010 vintage
Taster #2643
· Dec 16, 2023
Corked. Too bad, because you can tell it’s a good wine.
2010 vintage
Taster #0046
· Oct 9, 2023
Served blind, this wine was tannic yet oxidized, pretty sure this was a bad bottle however the cork was in perfect shape.
2010 vintage
Taster #0347
· Dec 10, 2022
90/100
At 12 years of age one would expect this Chianti to be at full maturity but there’s no doubt this still has some evolution and another decade of life ahead. Many reviews compare this to a Brunello, but I think it is more fruit force and less elegance than a good Brunello. The nose is rich and oak dominant with powerful notes of sweet vanilla and clove. On the palate this wine is full bodied with chalky tannins and a …
2010 vintage
Taster #2643
· Dec 26, 2021
90/100
I enjoyed this more than the previous bottle two years ago. It still seems young but has rounded out a bit. I don’t doubt that it can improve further with a couple more years of aging. Drink or hold.
2010 vintage
Taster #2659
· Nov 18, 2021
Blind. I thought this was a brunello. Almost It showed the dark fruit and oak but was slightly distracting. I think it was the sap or Turpin from the oak. Maybe more air would have helped but the other three in the flight showed better.
2010 vintage
Taster #7501
· Nov 18, 2021
Served blind. Initially this reflected a lot of new oak aromatics, mainly clove. It also tasted very primary but when this had time to air, both the aromatic and palate improved yet it still showed lots of barrel notes. Chocolate and cherries, young with a good amount of acidity, too.
2010 vintage
Taster #6444
· Oct 12, 2021
91/100
Fine, well balanced with good structure, integrated tannins, fruit. But it lacks a little bit something specific. Good drinking window, the next bottle I will drink in 1 - 2 years
2010 vintage
Taster #1518
· Oct 2, 2021
89/100
Decanted 1.5 hrs, minty nose, with subtle notes of black licorice, terroir driven palate, with very soft hints of plum, cassis and currants, IMO very much ready to drink.
2010 vintage
Taster #5756
· Sep 19, 2021
91/100
Still young, although within its window. Will last for years - kept getting better with air.
2010 vintage
Taster #1980
· Sep 18, 2021
70/100
Corked
2010 vintage
Taster #6274
· Jul 12, 2021
91/100
Excellent. Ready to drink
2010 vintage
Taster #1771
· May 5, 2021
A PnP. Opaque dark ruby. Ripe dark red cherries, plum and freshly turned earth notes, very smooth and elegant on the palate, medium acidity with rounded tannins. A modern-style Chianti Classico, a bit extractive, but very well-made wine. Now through 2030.
2010 vintage
Taster #6585
· Feb 14, 2021
93/100
Brilliant focus in this classic aged Chianti. Patience has been rewarded.
2010 vintage
Taster #1802
· Jan 21, 2021
another defective bottle, bad cellared by the seller.
2010 vintage
Taster #5617
· Aug 13, 2020
92/100
Rather modern interpretation of Sangiovese but very well made. Charming dark fruit, some cedar wood and aniseed. Could have profited from a tad more acidity but still a very good Chianti Classico GS and a clear recommendation.
2010 vintage
Taster #1802
· Jul 18, 2020
badly cellared bottle which shows to be a little bit over the hill despite ins dtill young age. Paired well with a tasty bio hamburger under a cloudy and windy sky where crosses meet blades and PD. NR
2010 vintage
Taster #2747
· Jun 6, 2020
93/100
Super CCR: velvety, cedar, plum, leather, dried dark fruit, soft oak, medium to full body, great aftertaste - 93. Rob, Bas & Nicole and family over.
2010 vintage
Taster #2643
· Dec 25, 2019
90/100
Opaque dark colour. Slightly ripe new world nuances within a Chianti framework. Just ready. Drink or hold. Not my personal preference in terms of taste profile, but very well made. By the way, the 2010 is a fair bit more structured than the 2009 and is more suited to further aging. I would definitely drink the 2009 first if you have both.
2010 vintage
Taster #8777
· Dec 23, 2019
93/100
This has entered its drinking window. Depending on how you like your wine, I would that this most definitely is not past its prime. Soft tannins and ripe fruit. Perfectly balanced. Went well with chicken parm!
2010 vintage
Taster #3849
· Dec 7, 2019
90/100
Potentially past it’s prime, but still a very beautiful wine. Frankincense hints and sweet cedar on the nose. Palate had very well integrated oak and classic Sangiovese notes of cherry and red fruits.
2010 vintage