Het bouquet is open en geeft een geur van zacht rijp fruit, met licht kruidige hints en eucalyptus. De smaak is prachtig in balans met de geur en heerlijk fris, met lichte tannines. De afdronk is lang en intens.

Deze wijn komt van druivestokken die 3 tot 5 jaar geleden zijn geplant. Per ha. zijn 6.500 stokken aangeplant om een zo optimaal mogelijk kwaliteit te krijgen. De oogst heeft plaats gevonden van midden september tot vroeg in oktober.

De druiven zijn volledig handmatig geplukt. De eerste rijping van de wijn vond voor de helft plaats in barriques en de andere helft in roestvrijstalen tanks. Daarna is het rijpingsproces vervolgd voor een periode van 12 maanden in barriques, gevolgd door 6 maanden op de fles in de kelders van het domein.

Robert Parker - 93/100

The 2008 Il Pino di Biserno is a rich wine endowed with considerable depth. Plums, blackberries, exotic spices, mocha and licorice are all woven together in this imposing, structured wine. The pedigree of the 2008 vintage comes through in spades. The 2008 is striking. I can’t wait to see how this ages. The 2008 has come along beautifully since I tasted it last year. Il Pino di Biserno is 40% Cabernet Franc, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. Anticipated maturity: 2013-2028. 

Marchese Lodovico Antinori is one of the most interesting figures in the history of the wines of Maremma. In the early 1980s, Antinori founded Tenuta dell’Ornellaia, which quickly established itself as one of Italy’s great estates before Antinori was forced to sell the property a decade ago. Antinori’s cousin, Nicolo Incisa della Rochetta, made Tenuta San Guido’s Sassicaia an icon. And of course, Antinori’s brother Marchese Piero Antinori runs the family business out of Florence. But Lodovico Antinori seems to march to the beat of his own drum. He remains deeply linked to his family, but also equally eager to carve out his own reputation. Antinori’s latest project is composed of three separate estates in Maremma, which I have listed separately to avoid the confusion that has surrounded these properties in the past. Stylistically, Lodovico Antinori’s wines lie in a middle ground between the approach at San Guido, which favors earlier harvests and a more classic sense of structure, and the riper, more opulent expression of Bolgheri found at Ornellaia.

James Suckling:

Really beautiful aromas of dried fruits, blackberries and flowers follow through to a full body, with racy tannins and a refined finish. A little more austere than the 2007. 92/100 punten