no decant; clean, coppered-red; nose of barn, black pepper, sage; nicely balanced, with full fruit, vigorous tannins; fresh black cherry, black licorice, sage, pepper; solid Chianti (actually this was the basic riserva, my mistake when entering the wine); 17.5
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Dark red with light brown rim. Nose of ripe cherries and vanilla. Soft and sweet opening, good weight and long finish. Good, ripe Chianti reserva. On top now.
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Very firm tannins that are really obscuring the potential of this wine right now. Needs some aging and I am going to buy a case of this low-priced Chianti. I think it will age similarly to it's neighbor Brunello wines and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. After a lengthy decanting noticeable ripe fruit although I couldn't place the exact flavor at the time. Others suggest cassis, maybe that was it...
I'm looking forward to tasting this again in six months!
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8/4/2014 - chokkon Likes this wine:
no decant; clean, coppered-red; nose of barn, black pepper, sage; nicely balanced, with full fruit, vigorous tannins; fresh black cherry, black licorice, sage, pepper; solid Chianti (actually this was the basic riserva, my mistake when entering the wine); 17.5
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12/29/2012 - vassnesen wrote: 89 Points
Dark red with light brown rim.
Nose of ripe cherries and vanilla. Soft and sweet opening, good weight and long finish. Good, ripe Chianti reserva. On top now.
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1/1/2008 - PatrickinKW wrote: 87 Points
Deep purple, oaky nose. Fruit appeared after about an hour of air. Cherry fruit and cocao. Good value but hold for 3 yrs or extended decant.
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12/25/2007 - dartboard wrote: 89 Points
Very firm tannins that are really obscuring the potential of this wine right now. Needs some aging and I am going to buy a case of this low-priced Chianti. I think it will age similarly to it's neighbor Brunello wines and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. After a lengthy decanting noticeable ripe fruit although I couldn't place the exact flavor at the time. Others suggest cassis, maybe that was it...
I'm looking forward to tasting this again in six months!
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12/24/2007 - davwiltho wrote: 87 Points
Needs to be aired and not as a good as the last time but still good
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