2016 Castelli del Grevepesa Chianti Classico Castelgreve Riserva

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 88.8 points

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  2/12/2024 - CheapAndBest Likes this wine:

  Tasty Chianti that went perfectly with charred cabbage and pine nut pasta(papardelle). My wife, who dislikes heavy bold reds, and typically sticks to whites, got herself a refill!
  
  If the food is a fit for decent sangiovese - this is a solid choice
  
  No decant, but will do a short 15 minutes with the remaining two

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  6/3/2023 - SpenceP wrote: 94 Points

  On an impulse, I ignored my own advice (see 3/1/2023) and tried this again--and found that it has developed much more quickly than I expected. Immediately after opening, mint and other (harder to identify) herbs, barely ripe cherries, minerals, hints of orange peel and red plums, vivid acidity. After about 15 minutes in the glass, grilled meats, raspberry, and pomegranate (or maybe grapefruit peel) start to emerge and the acidity becomes less prominent. The score reflects the wine after about half an hour in the glass. It's fine to open this now, and it might possibly be even a tiny bit better in another six months. This should be a pleasure for at least another five years, and probably longer. [Tasted from the Jancis Robinson glass, the Riedel Vinum Zinfandel/Chianti/Riesling glass, and the Conterno glass (which slightly emphasized the tannins), with very similar results. I would use the Jancis Robinson glass, with the Riedel as second choice, but the differences are minor.] {After 24 hours, stoppered and kept cool, but not otherwise preserved, the wine was initially fiercely tannic. After maybe another 40 minutes--but I wasn't watching the clock--minty blackberries emerged, and the wine acquired a new richness. This suggests to me both that this wine is just at the beginning of its development, and also that if you choose to decant it, you need to be very careful.}

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  4/28/2023 - NickLiaSeger wrote: 83 Points

  Light. Don’t love the taste.

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  3/1/2023 - SpenceP wrote: 92 Points

  Still very much closed. Initially, flowers, black cherries, baked plums, some tannin. Then, over the next hour and a half in the glass, smoke, cedar, greater richness, and a long aftertaste emerge. I'd suggest that you not be in any hurry to open this--it will probably deserve a higher score when it is finally ready to drink. [After 24 hours stoppered and kept at cellar temperature, the remainder of this bottle, tasted from the Conterno glass, had significantly improved, with a pronounced blackberry note emerging, reinforcing my feeling that this needs more time in the cellar.]

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  11/27/2022 - Bellissimo wrote:

  Blackberry, black cherry, plums. Dark fruit, some dried herbs. Get some coffee and alcohol on the finish. Do not get the big AG score.

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