Very toasty and intense, the 2010 Chianti Classico Riserva (90% Sangiovese and 10% Canaiolo) is packed tight with cigar smoke, toasted nut, leather and tobacco. In addition to those softer aromas, it offers bright cherry fruit and a beautiful sense of minerality with crushed stone and granite. Those ashy mineral tones help to establish a sense of linearity and focus. I would love to revisit this wine in five years or so to check on its promising evolution.