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• esb wrote:

  September 14, 2017 - Excellent. It's reduced so you have to deal with that. Once in clears great fruit, balanced, rich and ready to drink but no rush. Wonderful inexpensive, estate bottled Rufina. This is not an anomaly as they make good, authentic, age worthy sangiovese worth trying every vintage. Vintage quality doesn't alway track with Classico so keep an open mind.

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• df1962 Likes this wine: 91 points

  March 18, 2016 - PnVnD. Consistent with previous notes. Still amazingly fresh and vibrant. One of the all time great buys.

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• rt280457@gmail.com Likes this wine: 90 points

  January 24, 2016 - Famously! What a blinding revelation! Absolutely ready to drink. Dark brick red in color, beautiful stained glass windows on the glass. Naturtrüb because without the radical filtration. In the fragrance opulent fruit flavors, full blackberry jam, little wood and good taste of forest earth. All this continues in the taste. Pure fruit purees with sweetness. Later, Violet. With a light and refreshing acidity, tannins barely, vanilla from the oak barrels. In the body ideal: Not broad overwhelming, but not too lean, wonderfully balanced and finely in the flavors. Persistent aftertaste. A typical Chianti with strong taste of Sangiove and a typical Rufina with slight earthiness. A perfect wine from a great vintage of a wise winemaker at a favorable price. Quick buy, what is still available.
  
  Famos! Welch´eine blendende Offenbarung! Absolut trinkreif. Dunkles Ziegelrot in der Farbe, schöne Kirchenfenster am Glas. Naturtrüb, weil verschont vom radikalen Filtrieren. Im Duft opulente Frucht-Aromen, volle Brombeerwucht, wie Marmelade, wenig Holz und gute Erdigkeit. Das alles setzt sich im Geschmack fort. Reines Fruchtmus mit Süße. Später auch Veilchen. Mit leichter und erfrischender Säure, kaum noch Tannine, dafür Vanille vom Holzfass. Im Körper ideal: Nicht breit erdrückend, aber auch nicht zu mager, wunderbar ausgeglichen und fein in den Aromen. Anhaltender Nachgeschmack. Ein typischer Chianti von der Sangiovesefrucht her und ein typischer Rufina mit der leichten Erdigkeit. Ein perfekter Wein aus einem großen Jahrgang von einem klugen Winzer zu einem günstigen Preis. Schnell bunkern, was noch zu haben ist.

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• SpoochMan Likes this wine: 90 points

  January 25, 2014 - Consistent with previous note. This is a very solid Chianti, and was an absolute steal at $10. I so wish I had bought more than 2. We tried the 2010 version but it is not as good. Off the Enomatic, we had this a couple of nights with pasta and it paired well (not surprising). Interestingly, it also paired really well tonight with a chicken pot pie, which I might not have expected. Very food friendly wine. If I could still get it locally for around $10, I would buy a case. Has plenty of time left.

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• SpoochMan Likes this wine: 90 points

  November 7, 2013 - This was just outrageously good for the $12 I paid. Great sour cherry fruit, nicely balanced by acidity and minerality and just a bit of earth. Nice to drink on its own and very food friendly. A lot of Chianti Classico's at twice the price are not as good as this. Wish I had bought a lot more than just 2! Hope the '10 is as good.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Fattoria di Basciano
• Varietal Sangiovese Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Tuscany
• SubRegion Chianti
• Appellation Chianti Rùfina

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