The 2018 Chianti Classico Riserva (made with 95% Sangiovese and 5% Colorino) opens to a medium-dark color and warm-vintage aromas that come across as dried cherry, baked raspberry and dark spice. This wine (fermented in stainless steel and aged in oak) paints a basic picture of this Tuscan appellation. Production is 20,000 bottles.

Enticing for the cherry, raspberry and plum fruit flavors, this red also evokes woodsy underbrush, mushroom and licorice notes that lend an umami taste. Juicy and bright, with a firm, saline aftertaste. Sangiovese and Colorino. Best from 2023 through 2037. 2,500 cases made, 1,200 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Italy / Chianti Classico Select to Add