Jan de Weerd

9.1

From scratch bruschetta using our garden ripened tomatoes, screaming for Chianti. This 13 year old Chianti Classico Reserva from the heart of Chianti answered the call. Intense, tangy pie-cherry fruit and a grippy finish with rustic tannins. Our wine moment of the day 👍. — a day ago

with Tammy

Anthony Pro

9.0

Great bottle, great vintage. — 15 days ago

R D B

9.3

Good Chianti. Blackberry and fruit notes with some acidity. Finished nicely. — a month ago

Jeremiah Diaz

9.2

Clear, medium ruby in color; on the nose, it's clean with pronounced primary and secondary aromas of raspberries, balsamic, and wood smoke; on the palate, it's dry, with high acidity, high tannins, medium body, high alcohol, and pronounced primary and secondary flavors of red currant, cherries, and clay pots with a long finish. This wine is balanced and complex. Overall, I rate this wine as very good. Nellie likes it too. — 2 months ago

with Nellie

Bonnie Chu

8.9

Chianti Classico Tasting @ Ai Fiori 4/27/26 — 2 months ago

M. Christopher Roebuck

9.3

Excellent value. Very smooth interpretation of sangiovese more akin to a very good Rosso if not Brunello.

93 points — 3 months ago

Anthony De Blasi

9.4

This is other stuff compared to the Istine. But also another pricetag…big and bold, more “rustic”. Good wine! — 5 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 2003 | Spicyness, concentration and elegance, a delicate ripened Chianti | paired with broccoli noodles and a fennel saucage @romo good things come to those who dare to wait 😉 — 14 days ago

DAL 9000

8.9

Soft soft nose of muted spicy berries. Muted berries up front with a fade to dusty sour cherries on the back. A very pleasant Chianti! — 4 days ago

Rob van Kalmthout

9.3

Dark cherries, bramble, leather, earthy and mediterraen spices. Love the acidity backed with fine minerality. Good balance. Wine really lasts. — a month ago

Angelo Casagrande

9.0

Plum, sour cherry, and leather. Firm tannins. Excellent with tomato- based dishes. Pretty good on its own. My tomatoes are ripening; this works. — 2 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.2

Medium ruby , with a medium wide garnet rim . Cut herbs and some spice on the nose , sage , thyme , porcini and cedar . There is some spiced cherry fruit and rose underneath , this shows some development . On the palate there are spiced red cherries , dried herbs, gaining complexity with time in the glass. Fresh acidity and grippy tannin . Good menthol tinged finish . This is well balanced , though there is still good density the alcohol is balanced. It is showing a bit of development, the aromatics are really inviting and there is good complexity on the palate too. The last glass was the best , showing ample structure and a darker fruit character so I think this will age a bit further the tannins are still a bit noticeable, so from now (with time in the glass or decanter ) and over the next 8-12 years. At Ristorante Buca Lapi, Florence . — 3 months ago

Mo

9.2

Tasting great after 75 mins of aeration. Model Sangiovese flavors. Served with antipasti: pesto shrimp, grape leaves, hummus, aged 12-month manchego, and burrata. — 4 months ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Sour cherries, plum, blackberries & baked strawberries, softened cedar, dry tobacco w/ ash, leather, dry crushed rocks, dry soil, dark spice box, anise, tarriness, more dark chocolate but some milk chocolate, caramel notes, withering dark & red flowers with dry red roses, nice acidity and still showing firm structure/tension, well balanced and plush 90 second finish.

Has another 7-10 yrs ahead.

@Bella Saratoga - dinner before “America” at the Mtn. Winery. — 19 days ago

Sam Friedland

9.1

Great wine with cherries, chocolate and Rasberries, Was great with spicy Putanesca, — a month ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.1

Year in, year out, this is my fav Chianti Classico. To me it captures all what I look for in a good every day Sangiovese - freshness, a bit of tannic edge, juicy flow, a savory sweetness to the fruit. And food friendliness!
Enticing nose with red cherries, a bit of wet undergrowth & turned earth, a bit of tomato leaf, a flowery whiff. Joyful!
Medium bodied on the palate with great energy & flow. The tannins present, a touch rustic, but in a nice way, the acidity juicy & vibrant. Nice depth and long finish.
So drinkable but also has some seriousness to it.
Love Monsanto! — 2 months ago

Kristoffer Roupé

8.9

Bröllopsmiddag på Café Nero på winery hotel — 2 months ago

Bonnie Chu

9.0

Chianti Classico Tasting @ Ai Fiori 4/27/26 — 2 months ago

Robert B

9.1

Raspberry jam on the nose. Cherry and plum with nice acidity to start on the tongue blending out to cherry, raspberry, leather and oak then finishing in cocoa and a hint of oak. Medium tannins. Went well with my stuffed banana peppers. — 3 months ago

Angelo Casagrande

9.1

Had this with pasta and a vodka sauce, and garlic bread. Delicious Wednesday night! Pillow - soft in the mouth. Cherry, tar, old mohagany. Tannins integrated enough to drink on its own, but with the food- lovely. — 5 months ago