Castelli Del Grevepesa Clemente Vii Chianti Classico Riserva 2011, Chianti Classico
Chianti Classico (Sangiovese)
Tuscany, Italy
$23.95 (643205)
Critic Reviews (4)
A Chianti Classico Riserva which began to strip, in the good sense, without getting too thin - it is a few years...
Still young and somewhat marked by vanilla flavors of the oak, this 2011 gain to rest in the cellar a few years to...
A very modern style of Chianti Classico with a good dose of oak and international grape varieties in the mix....
Mocha in Chianti? Et tu brute? This has a fairly lifted herbal/caraway nose with dusty, graphite character and some...
Community Reviews (2)
WOW, I'm really high on this wine. It absolutely bridges together Old World structure, balance and grace with bigger New World cherry fruit and sweet oak resin. It starts Old World, with cherries and chestnut flavours but transitions to bigger sweeter cherry tobacco vanilla notes...but then finishes dry with a hint of sour. Like I said, WOW loving this wine.
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