Winery - Castello di Valiano
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This spicy mainstream Chianti pours on the cherry fruit and plenty of tangy accents. Made from 100% Sangiovese, it eschews the blending of French grapes made legal in the 1990s. Medium-to-full-bodied, it has fine fruit to acid balance and a dry, even finish. It will pair well with grilled foods or tomato sauces.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This 100% Sangiovese wine is from a single vineyard at about 400 meters elevation and made of hand harvested fruit. The ripe nose and solid, masculine palate display power and class, showing brawny, dark, sour-cherry flavors with tobacco and leather accents. Large-scale and well structured, it is built to age. It should improve through 2004 and keep well for another decade or more.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Full and dry, with excellent deep cherry fruit, the Riserva is impressive, and slightly less dense and intense than the Poggio Teo. It is also (at least now) a decidely more refined wine. With its fine mouthfell and even tannins, it shows more evolution, but will still benefit from a year or two of cellaring and hold well into the decade.
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