Casa Sola 2013 – Chianti Classico Gran Selezione

The nose is slightly tight and offers a slight concentration. The wine needs to be decanted. It reveals notes of blackberry and wild berries associated with small notes of redcurrant, fleshy Gariguette strawberry as well as discreet touches of olive tree, rose and olive. The palate is fruity, juicy, well-balanced, precise and offers a slight acid frame, juiciness, a nice racy minerality, a small straightness, a nice freshness as well as a nice roundness. On the palate this wine expresses notes of fleshy / juicy raspberry, mocha, garrigue / olive tree and olive associated with small touches of toasted oak, vanilla, cardamom and chocolate. Tannins are structuring. Good length.