Bob McDonald

9.0

Cherry and earth. A typical savoury Chianti Classico - yet to fill out. Perfect with homemade Pizza. Try the next one in a couple of years. — 3 days ago

Bruce Leboff

9.3

Wow. A lovely wine. Lovely herbs - sage and a hint of green pepper. Well balanced with refined tannins. Super long finish. Well done 100% Merlot and organic #poggiofoco — 4 years ago

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Bob McDonald

9.5

This is way better than your average Chianti Classico. It turns out I made a mistake selecting this from the cellar, meaning to get the 2020 Chianti Classico standard not this 2019 Baroncole Riserva. Much too early in its drinking window. Notes of cherry and pepper. A very fresh mid weight palate. Sometimes nice to try such an excellent wine so early in its drinking window. Earthy fine powdery tannins. Not your average CC as I said earlier. The next time I have one will be 4 to 5 years away. — 6 months ago

Byron Hewett

8.9

Tasty, but I would like it more if it didn’t have Cabernet Sauvignon in it and if they used less oak. Pretty rich and ripe. I prefer Felsina, Fontodi, Monsanto, Castell’in Villa, Rampolla, Isole e Olena and San Giusto a Rentennano to this! — 6 years ago

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9.7

The 2012 Vin San Giusto is incredibly refined. There is plenty of the richness that readers have come to expect from the Vin San Giusto, but at the same time, the 2012 is wonderfully precise and nuanced. Spicecake, tobacco, cedar and mint give the 2012 lovely aromatic complexity that gives the wine a remarkable sense of lightness for such a rich sweet wine. In a word: superb. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, September 2020) — 3 years ago

Marc vanholst

9.4

From Magnum...still too young. — 4 years ago

Paolo Nicolosi

9.5

Perfectly in the window. Silky texture power and elegance. Nose developed but austere. Plenty of sediment — 9 years ago