2012 Castell'in Villa Chianti Classico

Community Tasting Notes (50) Avg Score: 89.4 points

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  6/30/2022 - Bob H wrote:

  Unfortunately, my last bottle. This is a more red-fruited vintage than the 2010 I just tried. Not as expansive on the palate, but this is still a nice drinking wine from a so-so vintage.

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  8/3/2021 - A1002 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Deep cherry core enveloped in leather, tobacco and funghi aromas.
  
  Cherry continues on the palate which has very weel integrated tannins and a silky feel. This is very delicious now and certainly can keep. But will probably not get much better.

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  5/24/2021 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 91 Points

  My last bottle and it showed well. Light-medium ruby. Bing cherry nose. Unlike some Chiantis, this one had plenty of flesh on the bones to stand up to the acid; one of the better-balanced such wines I have had in recent memory. Piquant, matched marinara sauce wonderfully. Right in the middle of its drinking window I should think. I like the style; not sophisticated or trying to be something it is not, just a nice red-with-pasta kind of wine. 5-12-16-8: 91/100.

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  4/17/2021 - Jofauk Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Castell’in Villa
  Dark cherry, almost forest like with still a kick to the acidty, but very mellow tanins. Great tasting wine.

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  3/4/2021 - Bob H wrote:

  I guess there may be other producers that folks might consider as (or more) traditional, but more often than not, when I think about what Chianti means to me, Castell'in Villa is the producer that comes to mind first.
  
  And for a middle of the road vintage, this wine is drinking great today - vibrant cherry fruit on the palate, good acidity & persistence - in short, pleasure in a glass. One of my last bottles from a case bought on release, and I will be sad to see these go, as off today's showing, this wine might have another decade of good drinking ahead of it.

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