Malenchini – Vigna di Lappeggi 2020 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini Riserva

Malenchini – Vigna di Lappeggi 2020 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini Riserva

The nose is spicy. It needs to be decanted. There are notes of violets, tobacco and small notes of red berries combined with hints of balsamic. On the palate, this wine is fruity and offers juiciness, an acidulous frame and fat. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of pulpy redcurrants, acidulous/pulpy raspberries and small…

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Castello di Poppiano – Guicciardini Riserva 2020 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini Riserva

Castello di Poppiano – Guicciardini Riserva 2020 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini Riserva

The nose is spicy, precise, stretched, fresh and offers a nice grain. It reveals notes of boysenberry, violet and small notes of spices associated with touches of wild strawberries, fine hints of fresh tobacco as well as a hint of saffron and cinnamon. The palate is fresh and offers minerality, fruit, fat, roundness, a nice…

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Fattoria di Fiano – Ugo Bing 2019 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini

Fattoria di Fiano – Ugo Bing 2019 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini

The nose offers notes of tobacco, almost dried red fruit and smal notes of pulpy cherry associated with a touch of cassis, undergrowth and a hint of pepper. The palate is fruity and offers minerality, precision, tension, fat as well as a certain roundness. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of pulpy/juicy raspberry, violet…

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Fattoria Torre a Cona – Crociferro 2020 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini

Fattoria Torre a Cona – Crociferro 2020 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini

The nose is fruity, precise, clean and offers a slight power. There are notes of quite ripe wild blackberry, cooked cassis and smal notes of crushed strawberry associated with hints of tonka bean, tobacco and a discreet touch of white pepper. The palate offers fruit, minerality, freshness, roundness, a stretched side, precision and matter. Easy…

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Fattoria di Fiano – Ugo Bing 2020 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini

Fattoria di Fiano – Ugo Bing 2020 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini

The nose is spicy and racy. There are notes of ripe wild fruit and a touch of tobacco. On the palate the wine offers fat, fullness, a slight silkiness as well as a mineral structure. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of pulpy/juicy cherry, small crushed red berries and smal notes of tobacco leaf…

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Lanciola 2022 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini

Lanciola 2022 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini

The nose is fruity, chiselled and fresh. There are notes of cherry, wild blackberry and small wild red berries combined with floral touches and spices. Fruity on the palate, with minerality, tension and a slight, racy acidity. There are notes of juicy blackberry, crunchy wild red berries and small notes of cherry associated with a…

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Conti Capponi, Villa Calcinaia, Vigna Bastignano 2019 – Chianti Classico Gran Selezione

Conti Capponi, Villa Calcinaia, Vigna Bastignano 2019 – Chianti Classico Gran Selezione

The wine has a ruby color of medium intensity. The nose is finely spicy and offers ripe fruit and gourmandise. It expresses notes of red cherry jam, fresh morello cherry, wild strawberry, wild blackberry, crushed blackcurrant (with a touch of crème de cassis), combined with fresh aromas of peppermint (or even menthol), iris and rose,…

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Réserve des Auléines – Assemblage 17, 2023 – Cévennes IGP

Réserve des Auléines – Assemblage 17, 2023 – Cévennes IGP

(50% Syrah, 50% Grenache) The nose is marked by the local scrubland (olive tree, oak and a hint of sage). There are notes of ripe cherry, blackberry and small notes of violet associated with touches of bright cassis as well as hints of sweet spices. The mouth is fruity and offers minerality, a certain freshness,…

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Terre 2 Frères – Signatures XII – Saint-Chinian

Terre 2 Frères – Signatures XII – Saint-Chinian

The nose is fruity and offers a certain concentration. There are notes of crushed cassis, crushed blackberry and small notes of fresh liquorice stick associated with iodine touches, white pepper as well as vanilla extract, a slight cherry blossom hint and an imperceptible almost fresh scrubland hint. The mouth is fruity and offers juiciness, freshness,…

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Canet Valette – Une et mille nuits 2022 – Saint-Chinian

Canet Valette – Une et mille nuits 2022 – Saint-Chinian

The nose is spicy and slightly tight. It needs to be decanted. There are notes of violet, crushed cassis and small notes of red berries associated with sappy touches, flowers, grey pepper and a discreet almost saffron hint (in the flowery side). The mouth is fruity, stretched, tense, slight tight and offers minerality, freshness and…

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