SELVAPIANA

 

Stephen Tanzer called this, "An outstanding wine, and everything a Chianti ought to be." Extremely high praise from a critic who is known for his lofty standards  and his stinginess when it comes to passing out high scores. While we don't always agree with the critics, in our opinion, he nailed this one. Our entire crew was able to taste this wine last week and we were unanimous that this indeed was a special wine. Mark commented that "This may be one of the best Chianti's I have ever tasted." We all had great things to say about the wine as it is perfectly balanced with its fruit components, spice, acidity and long finish.
 

We will let Mr Tanzer describe more of the flavor details : Medium saturated red. Red plum, redcurrant, tobacco, forest floor and potpourri spices on the sexy, very complex nose. Dense, sweet, suave and deep, with insidious intensity to the multilayered flavors of blueberry, tobacco leaf and loam. Wonderfully silky and sweet Chianti, finishing with fine-grained tannins and lingering ripe red cherry and spice flavors. The 2009 vintage doesn't get any better than this.
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