Mark Osmers

8.9

Decent Sangiovese blend from Tuscany. Fruit forward and delicious with spicy notes like black currant and plum. Not my favorite Tuscan in the $30-50 range — 4 years ago

Peter James

9.0

Raw Wine 2019 🍷 — 6 years ago

Ben Norman

9.0

Took awhile. Silky. Reviewer below with the long review nailed it. — 6 years ago

Nick Fortunato

9.1

Nice everyday wine. — 8 years ago

Ian Downey

9.0

From Podere Monastero and winemaker Alessandro Cellai, the outstanding winemaker of Castellare. Despite overlooking an area most celebrated for some of the worlds best Sangiovese-based wine, for this limited production wine, Cellai uses a relatively even split of Cabernet and Merlot. Full and aromatic, with dark fruits, earth and coffee, it has a very soft texture with the trademark ultra-fine tannins common from this winemaker's touch. Surprised that the '13 does not have even more grip in the finish, but very enjoyable. — 9 years ago

with Nunzio

John Zuzek

9.0

Lots of sour cherries and tar on the nose. The palate is sour cherries, plums, tobacco and some smokiness. — 9 years ago

Andrew Lohse

8.9

Chianti Classico remains, pound for pound, the best wine value anywhere in the world—at all quality levels, and *especially* 2016 — 5 years ago

Edo Wachters

9.2

100% Merlot. Full-bodied, lots of dark fruit, sweetness combined with good acidity and velvety tannins. Great wine! — 6 years ago

Meg Herring

9.0

Tasted at the winery — 6 years ago

Kara Stockman

9.1

Earthy tones, medium viscosity, slight fruitiness once you let the wine breath. Becomes more subtle in the earthy tones once the one breaths for 10 mins.

Brittas graduation dinner — 8 years ago

Jonathan Bensick

9.0

Con cantucci in Castellina in Chianti — 9 years ago

Rebecca Fletcher

9.0

Sweet red berries, strawberry, raspberry, candy, cinnamon, orange peel and dried herbs. M- acid and tannin. M body. Fruit forward. M finish. — 9 years ago

Nurseblondie

9.4

Mercato. Always amazing — 9 years ago

Ronald LaMascus

9.0

Lovely full bodied Chianti Classico Riserva still tannic on the palate and could age at least another 5 years. Very indicative of the region of Castellina in Chianti with the addition of 10% Merlot for smoothness and body. Unfortunately my last bottle of the 2008 vintage. Drinking in May, 2020. — 5 years ago

Peter James

9.0

Raw Wine 2019 🍷 — 6 years ago

Tim L

9.2

2015 vintage, great Chianti Classico Reserva. Perfect balance, light bouquet full flavor but not fruity, smooth tannins, superb on the palate and edible finish. Estate bottled, among the best of the grape we've had. — 7 years ago

Peter Gaston

8.9

Utility knife for red meat. — 8 years ago

Nancy Marino

8.9

French oak, dried figs, very smooth finish. Highly recommend this wine! — 9 years ago

Sandy Ha

10

raisin, apricot, aged 8 years. goes well with desserts and foie nigiri — 9 years ago

Gae Saccoccio - NdC

9.0

Podere San Donatino (Castellina in Chianti) was bought in 1971 by Léo Ferré the great French poet and singer, now there's his wife Maria Cristina Diaz with their children to manage the winery. Spontaneous fermentations, wild yeasts, prolonged maceration - about three weeks - though the wines stay “sur lie” for several months. This Chianti Classico Poggio ai Mori is aged only in stainless steel while the Riserva does age in older wood. It's a 100% of a nitty-gritty sangiovese, edibles almost, nourishing even to the nose; mellow and sincere just a perfect pairing with some peasant but refined bread and salami (pane e salame), quietly singing "Les Anarchistes" facing the Tuscan sunset among you, the always empty glass and the Chaos out of the universe. — 9 years ago