Musty

A dank, old-attic smell in a wine, attributed to unclean storage containers and sometimes to grapes processed when moldy.

The Exciting “Taste of Oakville”

“In our case, patience is in our DNA. The wine world is a business where the results you expect to see are not in a few years but in a generation.”

—Albiera Antinori
As quoted in Wine Enthusiast, upon becoming the 26th generation (and first woman) CEO to lead the Antinori wine empire, until now headed by her famous father Piero. The Antinori wine company began in Tuscany in 1385.

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