Full enough to be interesting but rustic and simple enough to enjoy readily Black and blueberries on the front with brambles, licorice and touch of rose followup. Great for red sauce pasta and sautéed vegetables (fresh spinach from the garden)
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60 minute decant. Tart fruit. Good tannic pucker. Solid value. Not too complicated, just an enjoyable Sangiovese with just enough complexity to keep things interesting. Drinking well right now
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Opened for 60 minutes. Light burgundy color, sweet cherry nose. Lots of black cherry fruit, with a touch of tobacco and tar. Nice acidity bakances the effort. This wine has improved since last time.
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Straightforward Chianti. Great value for price. Red fruit with broad initial impact following through to well rounded leather accented licorice and fern.
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Relatively high tannins now should resolve in 2 or 3 years, but still ready to drink now. Immense fruit and good long out. Great QPR considering Antinori CC as a comparable at $19.
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more structured than it lets on. biting acidity for a long time and then with ample air, it begins to show that lovely dusty cherry attribute that I look for in chianti. Give it a few more years, or just allow a long slow ox/decant. A lot of bang for your buck here.
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PnP and had with homemade pizza. Definitely needs airtime or more cellar time. A serious chianti, that reminded my of a BdM. Leather cherry, acidity, and some grit. Good now, but will be even better with some tlme
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Really good and by far the best basic CC from capraia Ii have tasted. Zesty, dark cherry-fruity, some spices and very mineral, medium+ body now, will ubdoubtedly increase in intensity with time. Very elegant with typical heavy sangiovese acidity plus a licorise finish with a touch of oil to balance it. This will be amazing in 5-8 years. Needs serious decanting at this point to show its true depth and qualities - I will(try to) wait at least 4 years before i open the next, and look for more in the meantime. 91-94. JS 92
5/27/2023 - VAGentleman wrote: 92 Points
Full enough to be interesting but rustic and simple enough to enjoy readily Black and blueberries on the front with brambles, licorice and touch of rose followup. Great for red sauce pasta and sautéed vegetables (fresh spinach from the garden)
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5/2/2022 - BernieMSY Likes this wine: 91 Points
60 minute decant.
Tart fruit. Good tannic pucker. Solid value. Not too complicated, just an enjoyable Sangiovese with just enough complexity to keep things interesting. Drinking well right now
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9/9/2021 - BernieMSY Likes this wine: 92 Points
Opened for 60 minutes.
Light burgundy color, sweet cherry nose.
Lots of black cherry fruit, with a touch of tobacco and tar. Nice acidity bakances the effort.
This wine has improved since last time.
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7/31/2021 - VAGentleman wrote: 90 Points
Straightforward Chianti. Great value for price. Red fruit with broad initial impact following through to well rounded leather accented licorice and fern.
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3/16/2021 - finovino3 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Relatively high tannins now should resolve in 2 or 3 years, but still ready to drink now. Immense fruit and good long out. Great QPR considering Antinori CC as a comparable at $19.
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7/12/2020 - mikec42 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Young. Needs more time, but shows a lot of promise.
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6/21/2020 - BernieMSY wrote: 91 Points
Young and somewhat tannic, rounded flavor profile, balanced acidity. Dark fruits, lingering finish. Lots of upside. Incredible QPR
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5/6/2020 - lolo66 wrote: 90 Points
more structured than it lets on. biting acidity for a long time and then with ample air, it begins to show that lovely dusty cherry attribute that I look for in chianti. Give it a few more years, or just allow a long slow ox/decant.
A lot of bang for your buck here.
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4/18/2020 - Papa Eo Likes this wine: 88 Points
Don’t even recall where we got this Chianti but really enjoyed this one.
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4/17/2020 - Coupe 60 Likes this wine:
PnP and had with homemade pizza. Definitely needs airtime or more cellar time. A serious chianti, that reminded my of a BdM. Leather cherry, acidity, and some grit. Good now, but will be even better with some tlme
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5/26/2019 - Soreng wrote: 91 Points
Really good and by far the best basic CC from capraia Ii have tasted. Zesty, dark cherry-fruity, some spices and very mineral, medium+ body now, will ubdoubtedly increase in intensity with time. Very elegant with typical heavy sangiovese acidity plus a licorise finish with a touch of oil to balance it.
This will be amazing in 5-8 years. Needs serious decanting at this point to show its true depth and qualities - I will(try to) wait at least 4 years before i open the next, and look for more in the meantime. 91-94. JS 92
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