2020 Isole e Olena Chianti Classico

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 89.4 points

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  4/26/2024 - Eurojon wrote:

  Too early. Drank over two days. On day 1 it was very shy on the nose. On the palate medium to light body with sour cherries coming through. Medium + acidity and grippy tannins. On day 2, it was a bit more relaxed and complimented pasta with fennel sausage and tomato sauce quite well. However, I don’t think I’ll be buying again - there is Chianti at half the price doing the same job.

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  4/6/2024 - Cremuel Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Light garnet red. reduction and funk on the nose for this bottle, definite red crunchy fruit behind, cherry and forest floor. Taste is similar, there's a funk to it, crunchy red berries, violets, earthiness and a tinge of black fruit. Good but not exceptional . Did enjoy the Cohiba Siglio II with it though.

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  3/24/2024 - DeuceMcgee Likes this wine:

  Red fruit, herbs, touch of balsamic, leather, tar. High acid with fine tannins to balance it out. Definitely worthy of Bangarang status. Day 2 it was even better.

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  3/12/2024 - Bob H wrote:

  A faulty cork on this bottle that basically disintegrated as I tried to remove it, forcing me to decant the wine. But the wine itself seems fine despite the aggravation. On the lighter-bodied side, but pretty tasty all the same.

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  2/29/2024 - Tonyromolampkin Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Nose: strawberries, cherry, earthy, stone, tomato vine, compost funk
  
  Palate: ripe strawberries, tart cherry, earthy soil, tomato vine, tight tannin structure, stone astringency, leathery
  
  Finish: oak, savoury and baking spices, vegetation, underripe tomatoes, long, spicy, tannic, leathery

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