Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Tasting Panel
In beautiful condition, this wine represents a vintage in which a hot summer cooled near the end of harvest. It is beautifully precise, offering black cherry and blackberry nuanced by shaved black truffle on the nose. With satiny, polished tannins, the delicious, full-bodied expression is rich, long, layered, and full of life, with power, energy, drive, and generosity. A lingering finish of currant, tobacco, and white truffle is tantalizing.
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Wine Enthusiast
Broadly textured and rich, with dark aromatics leaning toward coffee, blackberry and a sniff of lemon zest. Dense plum, toast and licorice notes control the palate, and then a clean blast of chocolate rushes through. Very sweet and unctuous for Chianti, almost like dessert in a glass.
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Wine Spectator
Velvety and rich, with plum, berry and coffee character. Full-bodied, with round tannins and a long chocolate, vanilla and berry aftertaste. Tight and refined now, but shows serious structure. Best after 2004. 5,000 cases made.
Legendary in Italy for its Renaissance art and striking landscape, Tuscany is also home to many of the country’s best red wines. Sangiovese reigns supreme here, as either the single varietal, or a dominant player, in almost all of Tuscany’s best.
A remarkable Chianti, named for its region of origin, will have a bright acidity, supple tannins and plenty of cherry fruit character. From the hills and valleys surrounding the medieval village of Montalcino, come the distinguished and age-worthy wines based on Brunello (Sangiovese). Earning global acclaim since the 1970s, the Tuscan Blends are composed solely of international grape varieties or a mix of international and Sangiovese. The wine called Vine Nobile di Montepulciano, composed of Prognolo Gentile (Sangiovese) and is recognized both for finesse and power.