A pure expression of Cabernet Sauvignon, the Castellare di Castellina 2018 Coniale is a layered and darkly saturated wine that embraces a throwback stylistic preference focused on richness and concentration. Made in one of the most beautiful corners of Tuscany in the Chianti Classico region, the wine sports sweet, ripe tannins with pretty flavors of dark fruit, blackberry, spice and barbecue smoke. This vintage is especially powerful and bold.

The 2016 Coniale is a celebrated expression of Cabernet Sauvignon from Castellina in Chianti, one of the most picturesque corners of Tuscany, with long vineyard slopes that face a setting sun. This is a solid wine that offers a mid to full-bodied approach that is ultimately more graceful and streamlined than you might initially expect, especially given the darkness of the wine’s appearance and its natural concentration. That’s one of the lasting takeaways from the 2016 growing season. The wines from this vintage tend to be linear and powerful, but they also show fine elegance. Here we have a relatively small production of 2,422 bottles.

A pure expression of Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2015 Coniale is a beautiful wine with sharp edges that frame a deep and opulent core of black fruit. This highly expressive wine was born in one of the best recent vintages to come from this estate in Castellina in Chianti. This is an impressive effort with a long and generous finish. A mere 2,400 bottles were produced.

A pure expression of Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2014 Coniale exhibits ample ripeness and richness that is undoubtedly the result of extra stringent fruit selection and reduced yields in this challenging vintage. This is a very pretty expression of the heavyweight grape that exhibits an almost docile personality with lighter aromatic intensity and a more streamlined mouthfeel. This is a more accessible vintage but that is a valuable merit in its own right. A mere 1,000 bottles were made.