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. — 8 years ago
Stuffing was there with great tannin and acid but came across as too hot at 14.5. Alcohol very present for me — 9 years ago
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 — 7 years ago
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! — 9 years ago
Nuovo arrivato ! Di grande spessore ... — 10 years ago
Definitely improved after about 30 minutes to an hour after opening. At first did not find it that that compelling but later was more impressed - silky smooth and complex. — 8 years ago
Castelnuovo Berardenga goodness — 10 years ago
Scott Newman
Not my favorite C. Berardenga producer — 6 years ago