Aromas of red berries and dark chocolate with some spice and dried flower undertones. Medium-bodied, juicy and sleek with crunchy acidity. Tannins are polished and chalky. Fresh and attractive. Drink now or hold.

The Castello di Querceto 2020 Chianti Classico Riserva shows dark cherry fruit, blackcurrant, spice and sweet potting soil. The wine sports a mid-weight texture that definitely does reveal extra volume and softness in this hot vintage. This is a pretty, immediate wine to enjoy over the next 10 years. The blend is 92% Sangiovese and 8% complementary indigenous grapes aged in oak for a brief 12 months. Production is 80,000 bottles.

Here's another incredible value. The 2019 Chianti Classico Riserva (a blend of mostly Sangiovese with other local grapes in a supporting role) shows balance from a classic vintage. Black fruit is interwoven with spice, crushed stone and grilled herb. All of the elements here are in place to showcase this promising Tuscan appellation. The house style is on the more extracted side, but that's also a trait of this vintage. Some 90,000 bottles were produced.

With fruit from high altitude vineyards at about 400 meters above sea level, the Castello di Querceto 2017 Chianti Classico Riserva is a tight and elegant expression with bright aromas of tart cherry and cassis, crushed flower, red berry and forest fruit. The wine is tangy and bright with the kind of lifted and fresh personality that is so specific to Greve in Chianti. This site does very well in the warm years such as 2017.

The 2016 Chianti Classico Riserva is a very well-priced blend of 92% Sangiovese and 8% other complementary grapes, with 150,000 bottles produced. The bouquet opens to wild rose aromas with simple tones of cassis and dried blackberry in a headline role. Softer tones of spice and moist earth come up at the back.