- You want a polished Tuscan red from a long-running family producer
- Sangiovese-led savory fruit suits the meal
- The bottle is near the low-to-middle part of our range
The Grocery Store Wine verdict
Villa Antinori
Toscana Rosso
Villa Antinori costs $22.99–$28.99 in our checks. The family history is real, but the buy earns its place through a Sangiovese-led Toscana blend and careful cellar construction, not the name alone. Wait for the re-shoot if the exact vintage decides the value for you.
- Region
- Toscana IGT
- Grape
- Sangiovese-led red blend
- The release we researched
- Current release
- Price context
- 5 exact store checks below
Original bottle photography is coming. We publish our own shelf photographs, not stock imagery.
What it costs
Exact regular prices from dated store checks.
- Kroger, Atlanta suburbs, GA$23.99
- Kroger, Cincinnati, OH$22.99
- King Soopers, Colorado Springs, CO$22.99
- Fred Meyer, Portland, OR$28.99
- QFC, Tacoma, WA$25.99
Observed at specific stores; your store will vary. A price target, not an ad.
Villa Antinori costs $22.99–$28.99 in our checks. The family history is real, but the buy earns its place through a Sangiovese-led Toscana blend and careful cellar construction, not the name alone. Wait for the re-shoot if the exact vintage decides the value for you.
Our call uses physically certified package identity, producer and regional evidence, dated public ratings and current store-price context. Price never enters the GSW Score.
- You need the shelf vintage and exact blend before buying
- You want a narrower DOC or DOCG origin
- The price is close to $30 and prestige is not enough
Serve slightly cool, then let the glass warm enough to show its fruit and structure.
Match the bottle’s savory red weight, acidity and oak to the food, not to the label’s prestige.
The release and package behind our call.
We decoded the EAN-13 from the owner’s in-store photograph on August 8, 2026 and verified its check digit. The package GTIN is physically certified; vintage and lot claims remain limited to what the photograph or producer record proves.
Physically certified package
- Physically certified GTIN
- 0810147310029 physical specimen evidence
- Certification record
- Owner fieldwork photograph · EAN-13 decoded with Vision · GTIN-14 00810147310029 physical specimen evidence
- Retailer source identifier
- 0081014731002 retailer listing evidence
What to expect in the glass.
Region, production, chemistry and house style point to a clear sensory profile. This is the profile we would buy against.
Sangiovese-led blend and producer construction
Producer description for the researched release
Producer production record
House positioning and Toscana blend
Understanding Toscana IGT without flattening it.
Toscana IGT is meaningful regional origin at very large scale, not a promise of one village or soil. Producer sourcing, blend and cellar details have to provide the finer resolution.
A protected place
A protected geographical indication whose production zone spans Tuscany. Its rules allow broad regional sourcing and a wider variety set than any one Tuscan DOC or DOCG.
The climate frame
Tuscany moves from Mediterranean coastal conditions to cooler inland hills and mountain edges. Exposure, elevation and distance from the Tyrrhenian Sea create large differences inside the indication.
What can be claimed
Clay-limestone, marine sediment, sand, alluvium and localized volcanic material all occur across Tuscany. The IGT name alone cannot assign one substrate to a finished wine.
Scale, without the fog
- 2025 vineyard base
- The consortium reported 14,686 hectares in the category for 2025. established
- 2025 production
- The consortium reported 649,053 hectolitres and about 83 million bottles, with red wine the largest share. established
Subregions worth tracking
- Production zone
- The indication covers the administrative territory of Tuscany; a Toscana IGT label does not establish a narrower commune or vineyard. established
- Hierarchy
- The category sits alongside Tuscany’s more geographically restrictive DOC and DOCG wines and gives producers broader blending latitude. established
What is specific to this Current release bottle.
The physical GTIN is certified, but the pending re-shoot leaves the shelf vintage open. The reviewed producer page is the 2022 release and is not silently relabeled as the physical bottle.
Production
The producer’s 2022 record describes separate fermentation by variety, blending and barrel aging; exact current shelf vintage and lot details remain open.
Taste claim
Producer-stated red fruit, vanilla and spice with supple tannins for the 2022 release.
Villa Antinori
Marchesi Antinori remains family managed, with the producer tracing twenty-six generations of family wine history.
Antinori traces its wine history to 1385. Villa Antinori Rosso was created in 1928 as a Chianti Classico and later moved to a Toscana IGT identity.
The producer presents Villa Antinori Rosso as a Sangiovese-led Tuscan blend, vinifying varieties separately before blending and barrel aging.
- Current research release
- The producer page reviewed is 2022; the physical package’s vintage is not established. partial
- Historic identity
- Created in 1928 and now released as Toscana IGT rather than Chianti Classico. established
- Blend resolution
- Sangiovese-led Tuscan red blend; this dossier does not assign the 2022 proportions to an unverified shelf vintage. partial
- Retailer-reported package
- 3 × 12 × 3 in; 1 lb gross; net weight not supplied conflicted
What is still open.
Conflicts and missing evidence stay visible until a physical bottle or stronger source settles them.
- Physically certified GTIN
- Owner fieldwork decoded EAN-13 0810147310029 from an in-store photograph on August 8, 2026; GTIN-14 00810147310029 passed its check digit. disclosed
- Retailer identifier
- Kroger supplied 0081014731002 as its source identifier. It is retained in the evidence record but does not replace the physically certified package GTIN. conflicted
- Artwork
- Original photography is pending a re-shoot; no artwork or label file is referenced. not found
- Public rating coverage
- 1 current retailer rating source is included; empty 0/0 retailer placeholders are excluded from the GSW Score. disclosed
- Data quality note 1
- The packet’s 1 lb gross weight is implausible for one 750 ml glass bottle and is retained as a conflict, not corrected. conflicted
- Data quality note 2
- Kroger’s source identifier 0081014731002 differs from the physically certified package GTIN. conflicted
- Data quality note 3
- Provider image references were not classified and are not used as page artwork. conflicted
Claims stay attached to evidence.
Every claim on this page shows where we found it and when we last checked. If we got something wrong, tell us. We fix it in public.
SourcePublisher / how strong the source isChecked
Toscana IGT production specification ↗
Ministero dell’Agricoltura, della Sovranità Alimentare e delle ForesteProtected-geographical-indication name, territory and production rules
Toscana IGT 2026 press kit ↗
Consorzio Vino ToscanaCurrent vineyard, production and category scale
Toscana, terra di vini ↗
Regione ToscanaRegional climate, landscape, varieties and wine hierarchy
Villa Antinori release record ↗
Villa AntinoriRelease, production and producer-stated taste
Villa Antinori producer history ↗
Villa AntinoriProducer history and ownership context
Owner fieldwork barcode photograph
Grocery Store WinePhysical EAN-13 decoded on 2026-08-08; check digit verified as GTIN-14 00810147310029
Dated retailer product record
KrogerPackage fields, retailer identifier and data-quality checks
Total Wine product rating ↗
Total Wine4.50 / 5 from 115 ratings
Target listing check ↗
TargetNo exact product listing or shopper rating was found.
Front, back, fine print.
The label, the barcode, and the fine print, captured so you can read what the bottle actually says.
- Physically certified GTIN
- 0810147310029
- Editorial status
- Verdict published
- Artwork class
- Original house photography
- How much we know
- Region and release researched