2016 Bibbiano Chianti Classico Riserva
Community Tasting Note
Callum's Corkers Likes this wine:
Monday, June 21, 2021 - Bought Excel Wines, Perth UK, £20.50 May 2021
Decanted 3 hrs before tasting at ambient temp' in a kitchen.
Riedel Pinot glass.
N....rich fruit, shedloads of savoury, dusty old barrels, dry summer herbs, pencil shavings, damp autumnal leaves, sweaty rolly baccy, medium+ intensity. Exciting.
C....looks medium body, clear deep red, no signs of age on edge.
T....gorgeous red wine, powerful long flavours, in a very good drinking window at 5 yrs old but clearly has many yrs left to properly mature; savoury, baccy, dry leather, liqourice, smokey oak, some choc-mocha; medium-dry style rather than properly dry; soft floury tannins, some warming spice, smooth and silky mouth-feel. Heaps of class, elegance and balance here.
VFM/QPR?.....Utter bargain. Costs £20.50, drinks like a £50 wine, further confirmation of the stellar 2016 season in Tuscany. Off to buy more.
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Comment posted by Mark1npt:
6/21/2021 2:30:00 PM - Thanks for the notes on this one....much appreciated!
Comment posted by Brett H:
6/30/2021 7:00:00 AM - Hi Callum,
Glad you enjoyed the wine and well done to you for buying on the recommendation of a stranger! I've tasted many of the 2016s and am yet to have one that doesn't have more potential than this wine, I've got a stack of these in storage and look forward to tasting how they evolve over the next 20 years.
Cheers,
Brett
Comment posted by Callum's Corkers:
7/14/2021 6:22:00 AM - Brett H....yeah, I got some more. £20 ain't an every-day-cheap wine buy, but this 2016 is such a bargain punching above it's weight I can't ignore it. Another current Tuscan 2016 bargain is the Contucci Vino Nobile de Montepulciano DOCG for £19.50 from The Wine Society UK. Utter bargain, I think I marked it 92 at least. The Chianti Classico above tops it, though.
Comment posted by Brett H:
10/24/2021 11:47:00 AM - Hi Callum, I’ve got another recommendation for you if you’re game(!), it’s a white this time - Gini, Soave Classico, La Frosca, 2016 (12.5%). On at Justerini & Brooks. Whilst I like whites in the height of summer I don’t often get excited by them, but this really blew me away. To my taste good Soave surprises to the upside, I had a Ca’Rugate Monte Fiorentine 2002 (average vintage) recently and thought it one of the best dry white’s I’ve ever had. Good Soave ages for ever and this La Fresca is just hitting its strides. I’d thoroughly recommend it to you and anyone else who is interested in good quality and great value whites that can age.