Cathy Levy

9.3

Exceptional wine! — 9 days ago

romo

9.0

Called Chianti Classico. Leafy and simple. — 9 hours ago

Paul Masson

9.5

Don’t touch for 5-10+ years but this is nearly perfect — 25 days ago

Bruce Leboff

9.4

Excellent. — 9 days ago

with David

Bonnie Chu

9.2

Chianti Classico tasting 🇮🇹 @ Ai Fiori — a month ago

Anthony De Blasi

9.4

A very good Super Tuscan but still needs some time. Good today but better tomorrow — 2 months ago

Kyle B

9.2

Best wine of the tasting in Italy! — 2 months ago

with Terry

Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple of hours. The 1999 Chianti Classico pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with light staining of the tears and some light sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with lovely notes of ripe and some dried red fruits: Bing cherry, raspberry, red flowers, Pu-erh tea, porchini, dried green herbs, a whiff of varnish (letting you know it’s Italian), old leather and wood and gravelly, iron rich earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. This 27 year old CC is sensational and further proof that Sangiovese rewards the patient. Drink now through 2039. — a month ago

Rick Phillips

9.8

Even after 16 years, this wine will last. Lush plum flavors, tobacco, mocha mixed with berries and leather. Has many years left. — a month ago

with Letha

Juan Pablo Perez

9.1

Cereza, ciruela, rosas secas — a month ago

Wulf Losee

9.0

Shoe leather on the nose. Red fruit on the front. Light tannic structure. Not much body. What body there is fades on the end. Short finish. Except for the slight scent of mouldy shoe leather on the nose, there’s nothing objectionable about this wine, but it’s weak and watery and without much character. Meh. But wait!…

I left the remainder in the bottle, and 24 hours later it had developed quite nicely. The nose had developed into unripe cherries—losing the moldy leather smell. Red fruit developed on the front, and the tannic structure improved. And it developed a longer finish. I upped my rating from an 8.6 to 9.0.

— a month ago

Bonnie Chu

9.3

Chianti Classico tasting 🇮🇹 @ Ai Fiori — a month ago

Roman Ochocki

9.3

Fantastic Brunello di Montalcino. Not my first rodeo with Frescobaldi, but this one was exceptional. — 2 months ago

Ed Chin

9.4

This sample was given to me. Tannins are resolved to the point of almost nonexistent. A fair amount of acid with what little fruit was dark and baked. Cherries leather and tobacco leaf. Darn yummy but I wish I had some food with it. — 2 months ago

Carter Snead

9.3

At The Wharf in Grand Cayman — 6 days ago

with Leigh

Peggy Hadley

9.0

Nuremberg, Germany — 2 days ago

with Jayne and Jim

Marc Melser

9.3

We had a vertical tasting with 2007. Both excellent. 07 lighter in color. 07 a little more fragrant. Both had tastes of leather tobacco and black cherry. Both medium bodied. Going forward, I will drink Brunello sooner than 20 years. Some fruit got lost a bit — a month ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

8.9

2021 vintage. Last tasted 3.25.26 (9.0). Liked this time even less. Not feeling this vintage. 4.29.26. — a month ago

Bonnie Chu

9.0

Chianti Classico tasting 🇮🇹 @ Ai Fiori — a month ago

Joel Lara

9.2

Really tasty. Full bodied with medium acidity and medium/high tannins. Plums with hints of blueberry are joined by interesting herbal notes of thyme and sage. Also has a nice earthiness that veers into a touch of just-ground coffee beans accompanying the fruit and herbal flavors on the finish. Really good, and went well with meatball, ricotta, and mushroom pizza. — 2 months ago