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9.2

Castell'in Villa's 2015 Chianti Classico is a gorgeous wine that will delight readers who enjoy the Chianti Classicos of this reference-point estate in Castelnuovo Berardenga. Crushed flowers, mint, licorice, dried herbs, cedar and tobacco give the 2015 lovely aromatic complexity. The 2015 is perhaps a bit more open than young wines tend to be here, but then again, 2015 is a warm vintage that generally yielded accessible Chianti Classicos. All that means is that the 2015 can be enjoyed with less cellaring than is the norm here. As it so often is, the Castell'in Villa Chianti Classico is a wine of real pedigree and distinction. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, August 2019) — 6 years ago

Jessica Preboski

9.2

PCC- Best Italian chianti — 7 years ago

Amer S. Ahmed

9.1

Yet another Italian producer of natural wine knocking it out of the park. A polite kind of funk, smoke, resinous, dried apricots, loaminess, with a floral tinged finish that lingers pleasantly — 8 years ago

Frank Soldano

8.9

Castello do Bossi. Nice mellow Chianti. A little on the sweet side. The 2007 is smooth and fruit forward. A very lite nose. Perhaps a little past it's prime. — 10 years ago

Alex Mcmahon

10

One of my favourite wines out of Italy period — 10 years ago

with Stephen and Samuel

Ashley Loafman

8.9

Heart of Tuscany. 97% Sangiovese, 3% Canaiolo. Castelnuovo Berardenga. Indigenous yeast, cement and steel vats, no filtration/clarification, no sulfates added, 13500 bottles produced, organic farming. 13th century cellars. Barnyard, truffle, plum, strawberry, funky! East-west facing vineyards. Clay-sand. — 7 years ago

Ed Lehrman

8.9

Cute but a little flat. — 7 years ago

Scott Newman

8.9

Not my favorite C. Berardenga producer — 8 years ago

with Carrie

Nils Bernstein

9.5

Serious Sangiovese that needs time but holy moly. Tobacco and weird teas, earth, and some tart berries/cherries. Cellar forever and pop it when you're high on medical marijuana. — 10 years ago

Gae Saccoccio - NdC

9.5

Giovanna Morganti: Podere Le Boncie. She's a fine and set apart winemaker in San Felice/Castelnuovo Berardenga. Her house is the cellar, her mystic garden the vineyard where she does home-grown her own sangiovese grapes and few others local vine variety (mammolo foglia-tonda colorino canaiolo) allowed in the Chianti Classico Appellation, with such a filial piety and discipline as they were kids in a kindergarden. "Le Trame" is the name of her A rated eldest child, a magnificent utterance of Tuscany through the wine. Here's instead, her declassified sangiovese under the IGT umbrella (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) called simply, 5 - with a touch of self-irony - which in terms of grades at the School would be C or D. I do adore this "slacker" and strapping "5" for the harshness sour inborn at the wine, a spontaneous expression of a very acidic and stoney soil too! — 10 years ago

Amy Yan

9.0

Nice Italian bubble - better than the middle of the road Prosecco found in restaurants. Easy drinking! — 7 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.0

Has some funk but also toasty fruit with some air — 7 years ago

Michael Meyer

9.2

Cab Franc fooled me on this one (initially tasted blind). A fantastic Supertuscan from Berardenga. Ergo, aptly named. — 7 years ago

Michael Kanbergs

Wine Director Campo Fina

9.6

Smells just like the hills and cellar in Castelnuovo Berardenga. — 9 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.3

Illo, a Magnum charity bottling from Felsina. According to the label, a selection of the best barrels of Rancia, Fontalloro, and Maestro Raro. Based on the dates it looks like it was aged for about 40 months before release. — 10 years ago

Scott Newman

8.9

Castelnuovo Berardenga goodness — 12 years ago