2019 Castellare di Castellina Chianti Classico

Community Tasting Notes (37) Avg Score: 86.8 points

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  4/21/2024 - Greyowl72 Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Color- light-ish ruby. Transparent.
  Nose- aromatic. Layers of raspberry and wood
  Palate- cranberry. Oak. Plum. Assertive but not unpleasant acidity. Balanced tannins
  
  Pretty straightforward Chianti Classico. Decent food wine. OK at this price point
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  3/31/2024 - WyattTheSomm Likes this wine: 90 Points

  The 2019’s I’m happy to report have finally come to life! Haha
  
  Sight: Classic CC medium ruby color with some garnet on the rim.
  
  Nose: Great concentration at this level! It’s quite intensely floral now with sweet rose, The fruit is showing ripe Amarena Cherry and you get the rustic touch of Tuscan leather/earthiness. This is what I look for in the nose of A quality Chianti (the 2019’s really just need time.)
  
  Taste: The tannins are rustic (not too grippy) but still remain fine and the acid is still expectedly High. The palate at this level has some depth and length now which, is hard to find in $20 Chianti… I can tell things have started to come together here as the finish also is quite long too. Lots of Ripe, Red, cherry fruit, warm Cranberry, and a nice touch of spice to add some complexity. Again, Good concentration at this level it’s definitely not watery and full of flavor.
  
  Overall: I had this next to Volpaia, and a Avignonesi VNDM and this was drinking very well and might have been the favorite. The 2019 was very tight upon release and it’s clear it’s starting to unfold and become very quaffable. The Volpaia is more modern and lighter in style with much less concentration this absolutely out shined it in every way. **wine is Rated lower than it should be for value it deserved 90pts **
  
  Clearly a old school Chianti style with the addition of 5% Canaiolo being more chewy Vs the 10% Merlot in the Volpaia making it considerably softer.

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  9/5/2023 - Spth115 Likes this wine: 88 Points

  An excellent Castellare Chianti which is light and a good start for a pizza evening 👍🏻

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  5/19/2023 - Tobinski wrote:

  Some vintages of Castellare’s CC drink well at around 4 years of age. This is not one of those vintages. Painfully young with disjointed acidity and everything else muted.

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  12/17/2022 - Toasty Oak Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Moderately intense aromas of cherry, permanent marker, tomato leaf and orange zest. The palate is juicy, flavorful with well-integrated tannins and a moderately long finish which tapers off with some baking spice flavor

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