Slightly soft and sweet, the 2017 Chianti Classico (made with 95% Sangioveto and 5% Canaiolo, aged in tonneaux for a brief seven months) is a child of a hot vintage. The bouquet shows some over-ripeness with blackberry and cherry confit. This simple wine ends with pretty earth notes on the close. Drink this wine within the next 18 months. As I have stated elsewhere, I'm not a huge fan of the heavy ripeness you often see in wines from this hot and dry vintage. Some 110,000 bottles were made.

A beam of pure cherry and blackberry fruit defines this intense, racy red, which is firm and tensile, with fine balance and a lingering aftertaste of vibrant fruit, graphite and tobacco flavors. Sangioveto and Canaiolo. Drink now through 2033. 10,000 cases made, 5,000 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Italy / Chianti Classico Select to Add