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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.3 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 268 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 5/1/2024 & rated 91 points: Planning Session (Brad's Place, St. Paul, MN): Dark red color. PNP, drank a couple glasses over 2 hours plus. Very consistent with my previous notes. Black cherry fruit, tar, anise, kirsch, eathy, crushed rocks, tannins are still notable. (313 views) | | | Tasted by Bryan49 on 4/14/2024 & rated 93 points: Delicious. Dried cherries, leather, earth with substantial acidity. Medium body and finish. Excellent pairing with red sauce (pasta, lasagna). In a very nice place to drink now. (422 views) | | | Tasted by WY Leonidas on 3/24/2024 & rated 93 points: Deep garnet to ruby. Beautiful aromatics that just scream of central Chianti. Leather, ripe red cherry, herbs, juniper, and warm spices.
Beautiful mouth feel - silky smooth. Dry herbs, dried cherry, blood orange, and a crushed stone minerality. Cocoa finish.
Drinking perfectly right now. Yum! (808 views) | | | Tasted by Bryan49 on 3/3/2024 & rated 93 points: Love it. Great match with pizza or pasta! Red fruit, structure & acidity. Nice nose & stands up well to most Italian food. (849 views) | | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 3/1/2024: PnP., nearing a peak plateau, a space it will occupy for some time. VG, now, and more so considering my first thoughts when introduced on release. Red-fruited, with a med body, classic typicity, lively acid, etc. From a solar year that required great care to manage. Bravo. Now and the next decade+; likely to improve a bit. For its full potential, it's highly recommended
https://www.ItalianWine.blog (1129 views) | | | Tasted by aknot13 on 2/22/2024 flawed bottle: Corked :-( (819 views) | | | Tasted by Fftjr on 1/14/2024 & rated 90 points: Good deep red color. Medium to light body. Plenty of berry, a little spice. Fair tannin. Would decant 2-3 next time. (1237 views) | | | Tasted by Bryan995 on 1/11/2024 & rated 93 points: Drinking incredibly well right now. Scored this beauty on clearance at my local Costco. Was marked down to … $6.97! Purchased 18 in total. If only they had more out back. (1064 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 1/10/2024 & rated 91 points: Pizza Night on the Parkway (Candie's, Mpls): Dark red color. Small glass. Nice, tar, lacy, black cherry liqueur, kirsch, earthy, fine. Similar to a previous note. (1067 views) | | | Tasted by shellylowen on 1/9/2024 & rated 91 points: Opens up after an hour (980 views) | | | Tasted by DB Lawton on 1/6/2024 & rated 91 points: Fantastic, dark Chianti withe cherry and good acidity. Had with pizza. The Daughter thought she picked up oysters in it and did not abide (879 views) | | | Tasted by Tim Heaton on 12/31/2023: PnP, ready. The last from a bunch picked up at Costco for just $19; crazy good price considering the quality. Crazy. For my palate, this is now in its preferred plateau (I wasn't nearly as satisfied just after release). Acids, red fruits, earth, dust, and some blond tobacco are all settled in their place now; should hold here for several years. recommended+
https://www.ItalianWine.blog (1200 views) | | | Tasted by sleepyhaus on 11/13/2023: Although Monsanto usually handles mid-term aging well, I'd say that based on this bottle it is time to drink up on the '15s. Again a touch of brett upon opening, then a bottle showing a more maturity than expected. Pleasant, but I will plan to drink my final bottle soon. This may simply be an early-maturing vintage or my bottles may have seen suboptimal conditions prior to arrival. Pleasant, and nothing wrong, but more advanced than I'd expected. (1178 views) | | | Tasted by Bob H on 10/13/2023: My last bottle from a case bought on release - this has been "steady Eddy" - just a nice Chianti for a good price that consistently delivers. Sad to see this go, but I still have a few 2010's and 2016's left to tide me over. (1341 views) | | | Tasted by crewald on 9/23/2023: Served together with Matteo Cracci's pasta carbonara after Aperol spritzes. Great meal but insufficient pasta. The wine was solid but could have stoood another five years on the cellar and another hour of decanting. Cherries and berries and a touch too much tannic backbone. (1281 views) | | | Tasted by dbay on 9/2/2023 & rated 90 points: Medium ruby. On the nose medium intensity red cherry, vanilla, dried herbs, leather, earth, black plum. On the palate the wine is dry with high acidity, high alcohol, medium plus tannins, ripe and chalky, medium plus body. Flavor intensity is medium plus with red cherry, vanilla, dried herbs, leather, earth, black plum. Finish is medium with vanilla and black plum. Very good wine, balanced, some complexity, w/ concentration and intensity. Could still go some years. (1315 views) | | | Tasted by winemaker on 8/7/2023 & rated 91 points: Classic Monsanto. Savory, herbal, cherry fruit, a bit of earth. (1471 views) | | | Tasted by John McCabe on 6/27/2023 & rated 93 points: Better again than the last one. Feels balanced, nice energy but the acidity is not so cutting. (1786 views) | | | Tasted by JNebs on 6/25/2023 & rated 91 points: Cherry and violets followed by smoke, leather, and tar; balanced acidity, fine tannins. This after 1-hour decant. (1324 views) | | | Tasted by jhrabideau on 5/2/2023 & rated 93 points: Popped and poured on a Tuesday--something of a discourtesy, for sure, to a Classico Riserva.
That said: lilac, violets and rose on the nose, with a compact, elegant band of red fruit: cherries, currants, lychee. A broadening balsam and spruce note becomes apparent aft, along with a cleansing mineral scour.
Tannins, though present, are quite fine--not a major need to even decant. That said, the acidity speaks to another ten years' longevity. However, exceptionally drinkable now. (1871 views) | | | Tasted by winemaker on 4/3/2023 & rated 92 points: Needs a 2 hour decant. Classic CC. (1836 views) | | | Tasted by BoxerBee on 2/25/2023 & rated 91 points: Rose and lilac intermingle with currants, peach, lychee (the latter two revealing the hot vintage), licorice and oak spices. There is a sweetness to the fruit and the spices that is a little out of place for a Chianti Classico, but beautiful acidity provides lift. The tannins' textural feel somehow reminds me of suede. Not the most classical of Chianti Classicos, but I like it even so. I do not think it will improve from further cellaring, but it should drink well for at least 5 more years. (1840 views) | | | Tasted by Achermann on 2/19/2023 & rated 91 points: Blackcurrant, blueberries, dried herbs, a little pepper, tomato skin.
I actually think tie bottle was more accessible than a year ago. It's still young, though. Still tannins and acidity for the longer run.
Hold. (1742 views) | | | Tasted by AlphaMikeFoxtrot on 2/1/2023 & rated 91 points: Last time I had this was en magnum in the summer of 2021. I said to age it 5-10 years more and I still stand by that. Well, maybe closer to 5 from a .750 but still. This CCR is nowhere near ready.
Reductivity that blew off after an hour. Blueberries, blackcurrants, tomato leaf on nose. More savory on the palate - tomato leaf bay leaf and black pepper with a hint of dark fruits. Medium + body, medium + acid and tannins that show no signs of disappearing. Developing. Hold for at least 5 more years. (1873 views) | | | Tasted by Bob H on 12/27/2022: Very good - unfortunately, my next to last bottle; I bought a case on release, and I should have gotten two. Red fruits and good acidity on the palate - very Chianti. (2015 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Decanter, Chianti Classico New releases (2/12/2019)
(Castello di Monsanto, Riserva, Riserva, Chianti, Classico, Tuscany, Italy, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Walter Speller
JancisRobinson.com (2/11/2019)
(Castello di Monsanto, Riserva Chianti Classico Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Chianti Classico 2015 & 2016: Right Place, Right Time (Feb 2019) (2/1/2019)
(Castello Di Monsanto Chianti Classico Riserva Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Michael Godel
WineAlign (12/9/2018)
(Castello Di Monsanto Chianti Classico Riserva Docg red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Gary Walsh
The WINEFRONT (10/29/2018)
(Castello di Monsanto Chianti Classico Riserva) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (7/1/2018)
(Castello di Monsanto Chianti Classico Riserva, Red, Italy) Subscribe to see review text. |
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