From a 375 off the list at Piccola Venezia, this is another bottle that makes me more and more bullish on Chianti Classico. Here is a mature example that performs like a brunello when given time to age. Ripe, sweet fruit has attained a perfume of violets on the nose and the palate features that same red-purple, rounded and ripe (even slightly raisiny in a good way) fruit. In other words, sweet and luscious, not stewed. Shows its origin and pleases immensely at the same time. Only on the finish, without true staying power, do you get clues that this is not a much more expensive wine. Resolved and right in the wheelhouse for drinking. 91-92, and a bargain at $33 by restaurant list standards.
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Granato con lampi rubino. Naso più giocato sui toni animali, con pelliccia, cuoio conciato, poi pepe nero, prugna matura, eucalipto, chiodo di garofano, viola appassita. Bocca coerente, notevole freschezza, tannini levigati. Buona la persistenza
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Very dark garnet. Nose reminds of dark cherry, ink, tobacco, pepper, with some meat notes. Youthful and fruity mouth, with silky tannins and a long dark cherry finish.
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4/28/2013 - amateurwino wrote:
From a 375 off the list at Piccola Venezia, this is another bottle that makes me more and more bullish on Chianti Classico. Here is a mature example that performs like a brunello when given time to age. Ripe, sweet fruit has attained a perfume of violets on the nose and the palate features that same red-purple, rounded and ripe (even slightly raisiny in a good way) fruit. In other words, sweet and luscious, not stewed. Shows its origin and pleases immensely at the same time. Only on the finish, without true staying power, do you get clues that this is not a much more expensive wine. Resolved and right in the wheelhouse for drinking. 91-92, and a bargain at $33 by restaurant list standards.
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9/17/2012 - Ludi Likes this wine: 89 Points
Granato con lampi rubino. Naso più giocato sui toni animali, con pelliccia, cuoio conciato, poi pepe nero, prugna matura, eucalipto, chiodo di garofano, viola appassita. Bocca coerente, notevole freschezza, tannini levigati. Buona la persistenza
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6/27/2011 - Ludi Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very dark garnet. Nose reminds of dark cherry, ink, tobacco, pepper, with some meat notes. Youthful and fruity mouth, with silky tannins and a long dark cherry finish.
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1/7/2008 - Frommen wrote: 89 Points
Good quality CC. The high acidity and the "rustic" character this wine has makes it a perfect dinner companion. Great value!
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9/9/2007 - PatrickinKW wrote: 87 Points
Inky purple with a subdued nose of cherries and leather. Quite tannic and acidic at the moment. Should be better in a few years.
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