Chianti Classico Sangiovese

From one of the smaller, lesser known sectors that comprise the Chianti Classico area (Barberino Tavarnelle), this is a rather rustic version, but with nice character. The color is a bit evolved, showing a fair amount of amber at the rim. Nose has lots of ripe/sour cherry, and quite a bit of gravelly loamy earth. Some leathery notes already present. Full-flavored in the mouth, with a big whack of fruit initially, freighted on some rustic, slightly coarse tannin. The finish dries out a bit, but it’s no doubt a nice weeknight dinner companion. Not confident about aging this one much longer, so enjoy soon.

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Huge room-filling nose way beyond cherry and into Zin tuttifrutti territory with hints of leather and new oak. Oak all over the palate and slightly out of control tannins, plenty of acid. Structure overwhelms the fruit a bit.

Classic-o!

Medium bodied. Good pizza wine. Helen's.

Very dry Chianti. Evaporating off my tongue. Light and almost a sour-berry taste at the end. I like this better than @Greggy Poo tonight - he got ousted from Winefest.

Alright, but not my favourite. Pretty good stank on it.

It does smell a bit like standing in the piss at a urinal in a British pub. Luckily the taste offers an earthy and rather lovely mix of tomato and sour raspberries.

Fylligt syrlig och ganska strävt. Fruktigt hallon dock inte min smak riktigt.

Klassisk chianti, gott!