Jay Kline

9.1

Presented double blind at Tasting Group. The wine pours a garnet color with a transparent core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears and no signs of sediment. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of Bing cherry, red flowers, black tea and dried herbs. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes form the nose. The finish is medium+ and sanguine. I suspect this has seen a lot of neutral oak.

Initial conclusions: this could be Nebbiolo or Sangiovese or Grenache from Italy or France but this has a humility about it that takes me to Italy and it doesn’t have quite the structure of Nebbiolo from the Langhe or Sangiovese from Montalcino. Yet, it does have sanguine character about it. So I’m taking this to Tuscany. Final conclusion: this is Sangiovese (or blend) from Italy, Toscano, Chianti Classico, 2020. I should have probably done better to dial in the amount of oak, especially with the earlier suspicions. Solid stuff. Drink now through 2039.

@Delectable this is the “Le Balze di Montefioralle” — 2 months ago

Vincent Filiatrault

9.2

Still young but shows potential. Nice balance of fruit, acidity and a bit of wood. Will gladly drink in 5 years from now . — 10 years ago

John Goodwin

9.3

Perfect balanced Chianti! — 11 years ago

Kieran Roberts

9.1

Delicious balance and only two barrels made per year. Delighted to get my hands on this. — 10 years ago

boyd

9.3

Nutty and delicious. — 11 years ago