3 bottles over past 6 months. Evolving nicely, it has a long life ahead. Straight from the bottle, fresh slightly tart cherry, acidity and very present tannin. With a 2-3hr decant, the wine really starts to show its stuff: characteristic black cherry that’s so addictive, leather, sweet tobacco. Acidity mellows and tannins are still present. Will try to hold my last bottles a few more years or pair them with rich red meat after a few hours in the decanter. This is a really great bottling from a great vintage and my current benchmark for Chianti Classico.
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Quite a lot of Chianti (Must & Lees, Warren Street): Pure and balanced, there's a subtlety and hints of maturity blending well with the primary notes. Dark cherry and rose, earth, mint, a touch of tar. Sharp acidity and a smooth palate entry backed up with fine grip.
I love the 2015 Chianti vintage and I was expecting more from this producer. The classic Sangiovese flavors of tart cherry and earth tones were present, but muted. Perhaps it needs more time in the bottle. While I liked the wine, I've had better 2015 Chiantis from Tenuta Di Nozzole and Viticcio.
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Vibrant with flavours of sour cherries. The initially firm tannins softened up giving structure, a velvety texture and a super mouthfeel, ending with an excellent Kirsch cherry finish. This wine had depth and dimension and in spite of the weight of alcohol I never detected the heat. Simply the fruit and acidity kept all the constituents in balance. A superlative expression of Chianti Classico. CHP 91 pts
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Really really like this wine. classic sangiovese notes. red cherry. earth. damp earth on this one. decanted for an hour but wanted to do more but the mushroom lasagna was ready to eat. Probably good for a few more years but nothing wrong right now.
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4/29/2024 - Skotto Likes this wine: 91 Points
3 bottles over past 6 months. Evolving nicely, it has a long life ahead. Straight from the bottle, fresh slightly tart cherry, acidity and very present tannin. With a 2-3hr decant, the wine really starts to show its stuff: characteristic black cherry that’s so addictive, leather, sweet tobacco. Acidity mellows and tannins are still present. Will try to hold my last bottles a few more years or pair them with rich red meat after a few hours in the decanter. This is a really great bottling from a great vintage and my current benchmark for Chianti Classico.
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2/21/2024 - Joshvoulters Likes this wine: 91 Points
Quite a lot of Chianti (Must & Lees, Warren Street): Pure and balanced, there's a subtlety and hints of maturity blending well with the primary notes. Dark cherry and rose, earth, mint, a touch of tar. Sharp acidity and a smooth palate entry backed up with fine grip.
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2/18/2024 - Theamaronefan Likes this wine: 88 Points
I love the 2015 Chianti vintage and I was expecting more from this producer. The classic Sangiovese flavors of tart cherry and earth tones were present, but muted. Perhaps it needs more time in the bottle. While I liked the wine, I've had better 2015 Chiantis from Tenuta Di Nozzole and Viticcio.
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2/17/2024 - platpeeps Likes this wine: 91 Points
Vibrant with flavours of sour cherries. The initially firm tannins softened up giving structure, a velvety texture and a super mouthfeel, ending with an excellent Kirsch cherry finish. This wine had depth and dimension and in spite of the weight of alcohol I never detected the heat. Simply the fruit and acidity kept all the constituents in balance. A superlative expression of Chianti Classico. CHP 91 pts
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2/16/2024 - EdwardsCellar Likes this wine: 90 Points
Really really like this wine. classic sangiovese notes. red cherry. earth. damp earth on this one. decanted for an hour but wanted to do more but the mushroom lasagna was ready to eat. Probably good for a few more years but nothing wrong right now.
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