Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple of hours. The 2021 Classico pours a bright garnet color with a transparent core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose the wine is developing with beautiful notes of ripe Morello cherry, raspberry, tart forest strawberry’s, a whole bouquet of roses, hibiscus, saltwater taffy, tar, assorted green herbs, old wood and dry dusty earth. After about an hour or so, pomegranate enters the chat. On the palate, the wine is bone dry with high tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. These are early days but I’m really excited to track how these evolve with time. Drink now through 2051. — 4 months ago

Joe Fischer

9.2

Try this with a filet mignon with a bourbon cream sauce! Superb! Ruby with blackberry, cherry, and plum aromas. Nice spice, acidity, and mild tannins. Smooth with a medium finish. — 7 months ago

Mark Rosse

9.6

Decanted for 4 hours. In a spectacular way at the moment. Tannins resolved. Elegance and restrained energy — 8 months ago

Randy Fillingim

9.0

Still drinking, wonderfully after 12 years. A fine example of this variety from Italy. — 2 years ago

Elle Scorcho

9.0

Beautiful rust color. Earthy, dry, subtle notes of stewed cherry, dirt, cocoa powder, pomegranate, & subtle coffee. More fruit forward than I remember. Dry, tannic finish. Medium acidity. — 7 years ago

Ludovic Anacleto

9.0

Great wine indeed. Nose is complex, camphor, dry amarena cherry, some flint, no oxidation not fading on this bottle yet.
On the palate, Fruit is gone for this bottle, wine is dominated by its tannic structure that is on the dry side, almost austere. I was expecting a fleshier, mellower tannin. Dry herbs, dry raisins, cherry again.
Long finish, good acidity that’s keeps the wine alive and well going.
Mitigate the intensity with proteins and juice/sauce.
Osso bucco with prunes will work. We did Fiorentina and it was ok. The crust and smokiness did not help, over exhibiting the dryness of tannins. — 8 years ago

Jim Wade

9.1

Enjoyed with steak and family. Thanks Chris! — 10 years ago

Michael Murphy

9.2

Smooth, dark cherries, clear/clean, nice acid, light tannins. — 11 years ago

Nancy Gaeden

9.2

floral and elegant — 11 years ago

Mark Rosse

9.4

Just getting better and better — 4 months ago

Carter Snead

9.0

A little past peak, but delish — 5 months ago

Erik Longabardi

9.4

Pelaverga — 6 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2021 | dark colour, blackberry, plum, hint of violets. A rounded taste with spice. Beautiful balance. I like this wine that is a bit arrogant and playing hard to get. — 7 months ago

Chris Buggy

9.0

Ripe! Menthol on the nose, red fruit. Good acid, small tannins in the finish. — 8 months ago

with Jennifer

Pooneet K

8.9

Way too much new oak and feels overextracted. Can’t get past the oak on the nose and hides the fruit on the palate at this point. — 8 years ago

with Michael, Allison and 1 other

Matt Waring

9.2

Wonderful acidity, well balanced fruit, a firm finish. This is top shelf Barbera and a real delight. Bravo. — 9 years ago

with Christine

Hanna Roberts

9.3

Sweet dessert wine — 10 years ago

Rob Moose

8.9

Also at BPI. This seemed hot. A good party wine for people who like big dry red. Served from magnum. — 11 years ago

Polly Caudill

10

Almost as good as the chianti in Paris — 13 years ago

Alexandre Albore

9.2

Ruby red, vegetal and grapefruit. Kind of complex. Well balanced, with rounded tannins. Long 11 — 5 months ago

Lev Lavrichtchev

9.1

Dec 2025: PnP ready, nice nose, fine tannins, medium body and good strength, won big over Roagna Langhe of the same vintage, side by side — 6 months ago

Mark Rosse

9.4

What a beautiful wine! — 7 months ago

Tom Casagrande

9.1

This up-front, fleshy Chianti is drinking really nicely right now. Pretty extroverted nose shows dark, macerated cherry, iodiney minerality, and a little loamy soil. In the mouth it’s pretty full, with a big whack of fruit initially, some tertiary notes developing and becoming apparent in the back half of the palate. Decent acids and still some soft tannin providing some scaffolding. I’d like a bit more linearity and persistence in the finish but for a ‘18 it’s darn nice. — 8 months ago

Muralee Murugesu

9.3

Last bottle of this earthy, leathery still powerful super Tuscan. Stellar. — 7 years ago

Patti Gamboni

9.0

Good fruit and acid. — 8 years ago

David Howe

9.0

Smooth and sweet — 10 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

8.9

Light body and very "Pinot Noir" like. Bright red cherry and strawberry flavors. Mild tannins and light oak. Hint of smoke. Refreshing. Chill it a bit below cellar temp. Great story about the winery. A Mt. Etna lava flow just went around them 30 years ago. — 10 years ago

PS

9.3

Very drinkable chianti. Not very dry, nice and smooth — 10 years ago

Paolo Andreoli

9.0

Grande Pio!
Molto buono, piacevole per accompagnare ogni tipo di carne — 11 years ago

Beau Carufel

Winemaker/Owner Random Wine Company

9.0

Hard to beat Vietti's Barberas. — 13 years ago