Valiano Riserva (Chianti Classico)

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Tipo

Red

Uva

Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon

País

Italy

Região

Chianti Classico

Denominação

Chianti Classico

Corpo

full

Acidez

high

Tanino

high

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 200885 pts

  A blend of 90% Sangiovese and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, this opens with aromas of oak, rubber and unusual sensations that recall petrol. There's more oak than fruit on the palate, delivering toasted oak, espresso, vanilla and coffee alongside hints of black cherry. It closes on an…

• 200690 pts

  Here's a fleshy, well-proportioned Chianti Classico with bright, jammy notes of cherry and blackberry backed by softer aromas of vanilla and spice. Smooth roundness is capped by firm structure.

• 200590 pts

  From the warmer 2005 vintage, this Riserva Chianti Classico is packed tight with mature aromas of black cherry, cassis, leather, black tobacco and a touch of drying graphite. The wine would pair with cheesy lasagna al forno.

• 199583 pts

  Looking brown around the edges, this wine is showing decline at an age when a good riserva should be hitting full stride. The fruit is stylishly sweet, but attenuated, and past its best in this pretty, older wine. Fading elegance, but why at just past five years of age?