Chokecherry

Stags' Leap Winery

Napa Valley Petite Sirah 2018

Dark, inky hue with a nose of crushed violettes and wet cement. Quite floral on the palate with dark chokecherry and currant, leather, with chewy tannins. Happy Thanksgiving all! 🍷 — a year ago

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Riecine

Chianti Classico Sangiovese 2017

From a not-so-great year, but this is really nice. I just love this winery. Nose has dark, tart chokecherry, intense gravelly minerality, a bit of spice. Medium bodied and on the leaner side, the flavors are bright and clingy. Tannins soft and in check, unlike some other rather astringent and green ‘17s. Textbook. — 2 years ago

Ira, Aravind and 13 others liked this

Pizzo Coca

Riserva Valtellina Superiore Grumello Nebbiolo 2013

Powerful for a Valtellina, and a little on the austere side. Mature nose shows chokecherry and leather, mahogany scents, along with lots of crushed rock. Intense but lean in the mouth, with zingy acidity and zippy crisp cherry and lots of minerality. Still a bit of puckery tannin. My brother brought this back from Italy a few years ago for me. Grazie! — 2 years ago

Angelo Casagrande
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Angelo, Aravind and 10 others liked this

The Fableist

067 Tempranillo 2018

Oh Tempranillo..... will California prevail over Spain and not give me knives in my stomach? Only time will tell. Now the wine....
Nuts....earth....bitter chocolate on the nose.
Chokecherry. Not very complex but I do like this wine.
‘How can you mend a broken heart....’ 🎶
— 3 years ago

Neal Ferry
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Neal Ferry

Neal Ferry

Tempranillo; Cali Style....
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Neal Ferry

Neal Ferry

Tempranillo; Cali Style....

Cédric Garreau

Gar'o'vin Anjou Villages Cabernet Franc 2021

So good! Glou Glou! Green pepper, strawberries, tree bark, moss, plums, chokecherry, Logan berry, all the berries. Just drink it. — a year ago

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Villa Spoiano

Chianti Colli Fiorentini Red Blend 2019

Nice lively quaffer for apps before dinner. Ripe chokecherry and gravel. Crisp and relatively intense. Some youthful tannins and forceful acids. — 2 years ago

Angelo CasagrandeRebecca Anne Casagrande
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Angelo, Pinotman and 8 others liked this

Poggio Landi Winery

Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 2015

A beautifully balanced wine. Nose has walnut, gravel, iron, intense ripe chokecherry, a little eucalyptus thing. Mouthfilling flavors but in a medium intensity, natural, not overly extracted style. Tannins are quite soft, and there’s nice acidity. Very nice, lengthy finish turns quite minerally and savory. — 2 years ago

Josh, Iwan and 21 others liked this
Jody Scharf

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Did a pair of free fillings come with that bottle?
Merry Christmas

Castellani

Campomaggio Riserva Chianti Classico Sangiovese 2016

I got 4 of these for a song, and as time has passed, each bottle is better than the last. Obviously I suck at identifying when a young wine could actually improve. This is the last bottle and it’s just relaxed and delicious. Complex nose has humus, mocha, dark cherries macerated in chokecherry brandy, Christmas spice, and gravel. Soft, fluid, and flavorful, with nice acids, it’s got really nice graphite-inflected cherry fruit. Tannins barely present in the soft-textured finish. — 2 years ago

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Castello di Gabbiano

Bellezza Gran Selezione Chianti Classico Sangiovese 2013

Terrific Chianti. Nose features loads of gravel, balsamic notes, intense macerated chokecherry, spice. So soft, perfectly mature, great flavor concentration, tannins mostly resolved. Fruit in the initial palate, but transforming into leather and autumn leaves by the end. — 2 years ago

Severn, Daniel and 11 others liked this

Vignamaggio

Riserva Gherardino Chianti Classico Sangiovese Blend 2015

Delicious and complex. Not yet fully mature. Striking, youthful color. Nose has tons of gravel, iodine, chokecherry liqueur. Concentrated and medium-bodied in the mouth. Great acids. Youthfully assertive but reasonably soft tannins. Flavors on the savory side and linger. Can’t wait until the Brasato is done to pair this. — 3 years ago

Sharon, Daniel and 16 others liked this