Santo Stefano 2019 – Chianti Classico Gran Selezione

The wine has a ruby color of medium intensity. The nose offers gourmandise, complexity and a ripe fruitiness, slightly jammy in the background. It expresses notes of roasted bigarreau cherry, red cherry jam, fresh morello cherry, crunchy strawberry, raspberry coulis, mountain ash, cranberries and crushed blueberry, combined with notes of sweet spices (liquorice, vanilla). toasted in the background, grated nutmeg, ground cumin), as well as subtle touches of tobacco, undergrowth (in the background), prunes, dry black tea, tapenade, bitter cocoa, fresh oregano, dried basil, rosehips and lilies. The palate offers a juicy and silky attack, with textured and velvety tannins. It expresses notes of red cherry juice, cranberry jam, ripe morello cherry, wild plum, mountain ash, crushed blackcurrant, raspberry coulis and tangy strawberry, combined with a gourmet touch of cocoa and dark chocolate with mint, as well as subtle and integrated spicy notes and touches of torrefaction (liquorice, ground cumin, white pepper, coffee, toasted almond in the background). There is also a touch of black tapenade, brewed black tea, balsamic, dried peppermint and a hint of tobacco in the background. The finish offers persistence, a certain roundness at the beginning and expresses tight tannins, rounded by a salivating acidity at the end of the palate.