Showing beautiful results in an excellent vintage, the 2016 Chianti Classico Riserva is a graceful and elegantly tempered red wine. It makes good on all the basic promises of traditional Sangiovese: the complexity and elegance of the grape and that fresh acidity. It opens to a mid-weight style, making this a perfect wine for roast chicken and roast potatoes. Pretty mineral notes appear on the close, and the tannin is beautifully integrated. Some 22,000 bottles were made.

A pretty red, this features floral, strawberry, cherry and mineral aromas and flavors. A firm backbone and elegant frame mesh well, and this is poised for a long evolution. Fine length. Best from 2021 through 2038. 1,850 cases made, 700 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Italy / Chianti Classico Select to Add