2012 Isole e Olena Chianti Classico

Community Tasting Notes (63) Avg Score: 89.9 points

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  10/7/2022 - Bonesetter Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Chianti. A bit more acidic than some, and I would expect this to have softened at 10 years age. Needs to go with food with a bit of fattiness, in which case it will cut through nicely.

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  8/13/2021 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Day one: pop
  Upon plop: a faceless, generic, simple Chianti but after one hour started to come out. Classic in a way, albeit a little low on the tannin and thick on the fruit.
  
  Day two: already feeling old in a tired way (and I'm a lover of maturities) with a rather faceless appearance.
  
  Over 90 on day one, 88 on day two.
  
  To be honest, not quite the wine they are the most proud of. They have made so many amazing wines...

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  1/9/2021 - CSteefel wrote: 89 Points

  A lighter style of Isole e Olena Chianti Classico, at 8 years this is showing a softer almost pretty side, but lacking the drive, precision, and penetration of the better Isole e Olena CC (2010 and 2016). I guess one could call this "elegant", but "simple" is closer to the mark.
  
  On Day 2 and 3, I kept checking back to see if this was really the same wine. The light cherry side seemed to be gone, and the wine was much more powerful and even tannic. I might have thought that it was just my palate evolution, but on Day 3 it was the same story. I would not say the wine improved dramatically, meaning it was still slightly four square, but certainly the wine fleshed out.

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  2/29/2020 - Vino Vita Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Excellent cherry and tea flavors. Just a pretty bottle of wine. Well done.

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  2/9/2020 - SiR wrote: 91 Points

  13.5% - Clear, med garnet / clean, pronounced intensity - black cherry, stewed strawberry, leathery, fresh cigar leaves, mushroom funk, eucalyptus / dry, high zippy acidity, med chewy tannin, med body, med to pronounced intensity, persistent length. An absolute stellar vintage for this wine and holding strong eight years upon vintage.

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