March 4, 2022 - Absolutely glorious swan song. Completely mature chianti classico as good as it gets. One a few weeks ago with a slowly simmered tomato sauce with beef-pork-veal meatballs and Rustichella d'Abruzzo pasta was harmony perfection. Tertiary chianti sweetness sings with slowly cooked sause with meatballs. Tonight was pizza with roasted vegetables and tomato sauce. Not quite a duet of Mimi and Rodolfo but still gracious. If you have any enjoy now.
January 4, 2021 - Medium purple with minimal garnet. Nice nose of full fruit and spice with green notes. Palate is medium bright cherry and earthy spice. Minimal tannins with medium acid. Opened 2 hours prior. Try a one hour decanting next time.
September 6, 2019 - Red cherry color with little sign of age. Musty dark fruit and menthol aromas. Dark cherry and slate flavors with nice acidity and lengthy finish.
December 19, 2018 - Love this wine. Medium cherry red color with slight bricking around the edge. Lead pencil, tar, black and dark fruit. Some eucalypus or menthol. Palate is beautifully balanced. Not sure how to better describe the mouthfeel; it's firm structure, yet soft.
September 21, 2018 - 2 years on from last bottle slight improvement but still thin
July 25, 2018 - Deep red colour with a blue red rim and a still youthful nose showing sweet cherries and not fully integrated wood. Austere tannins on the palate with lots of fruit and a nice long mineral sweet finish.
Best 2021-2036.
January 3, 2018 - Consistent with previous showing. Good wine for non-wine geeks. At peak now I guess.
December 10, 2017 - Vi drack detta vin till en hjortytterfilé med murklor, potatismos med purjolök, rödvinsås och smörstekta morötter - passade mycket bra tillsammans! Kan dock lagras några år till.
October 28, 2017 - Better balanced than previous bottles. Still a bit too modern for my taste (plush from the merlot and wood touch somewhat too obvious for chianti), but in harmony now.
Was it then time in bottle it lacked?
October 7, 2017 - Decanted for 3 hours. Drank after an 04 Brunello. Nice chianti classico with notes of cherry, tobacco and leather. Plenty of tannins and acidity to keep it going for another 3-5 years.