Really tasty. Full bodied with medium acidity and medium/high tannins. Plums with hints of blueberry are joined by interesting herbal notes of thyme and sage. Also has a nice earthiness that veers into a touch of just-ground coffee beans accompanying the fruit and herbal flavors on the finish. Really good, and went well with meatball, ricotta, and mushroom pizza. — a month ago
Chianti Classico tasting 🇮🇹 @ Ai Fiori — 11 days ago
Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple of hours. The 1999 Chianti Classico pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with light staining of the tears and some light sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with lovely notes of ripe and some dried red fruits: Bing cherry, raspberry, red flowers, Pu-erh tea, porchini, dried green herbs, a whiff of varnish (letting you know it’s Italian), old leather and wood and gravelly, iron rich earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. This 27 year old CC is sensational and further proof that Sangiovese rewards the patient. Drink now through 2039. — 5 days ago
Chianti Classico tasting 🇮🇹 : 90 Sangiovese/10 cannaiolo — 11 days ago
Chianti Classico tasting 🇮🇹 @ Ai Fiori — 11 days ago
Chianti Classico tasting 🇮🇹 @ Ai Fiori — 11 days ago
Louis Martin
Classic Chianti, paired beautifully with a Steak Milanese (La Grotta’s famous steak “à la Roberto”). — 18 days ago