2015 Chianti Classico Riserva
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The 2015 Chianti Classico Riserva opens quickly and completely in the glass to reveal a robust, exuberant and very immediate approach. The bouquet shows a touch of that black olive or scorched earth that I got in the 2016 Chianti Classico (the base wine), however those aromas don't stick out with the same intensity here. Instead, this wine seems to offer more fullness and concentration with extra fruit layers that dominate the bouquet. It calls out for a pasta with veal ragù. The blend is 90% Sangiovese and 10% Canaiolo. Some 25,000 bottles were made.
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James Suckling
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2015 Chianti Classico Riserva is a dark, powerful wine. Black cherry, plum, leather, smoke, licorice and new oak give the Riserva much of its somber, at times brooding, personality. Although attractive, the Riserva comes across as a bit pushed in both its flavor profile and burly tannins. My impression is of a wine that is trying to be something it naturally can't be.
This rich Chianti Classico opens with dried nutmeg, oregano, tart, cedar, tobacco and dried berries. Despite being quite chewy on the palate, it manages to show an air of restraint, thanks to sweeping acidity that reaches grooves of polished red fruit. Drink now.