Revealing some amber in its moderate garnet color, this wine possesses a sweet, spicy, earthy nose, coarse tannin, and not nearly the depth of either the 1982 or 1985. There is good extraction in this more rustic example. Drink this fully mature Chianti over the next 5-6 years.
A Leonardo LoCasio Selection, imported by Winebow Imports, Hohokus, NJ; (800) 445-0620. (See my profile of Leonardo LoCasio's Italian wine portfolio in issue #97)