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By: 2005 Casalino Chianti Classico Riserva « Winefan73's Blog

2005 Casalino Chianti Classico Riserva « Winefan73's Blog — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:13:48 +0000

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By: Fine Old Italians | HMWS Blog

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By: Mattie Bamman

Mattie Bamman — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:59:26 +0000

I think its important to note that Eric also wrote, “Regardless of the dark colors, and despite the fact that more than a few of the wines were overly oaky, they still seemed to me to adhere to a Chianti identity, however tenuously.”

I recently interviewed Rocce delle Macíe’s wonderful sommelier, Georgeta Perhard, on this subject. Her perspective is worth hearing, and I’ll post it on my blog asap.

By: charlesscicolone

charlesscicolone — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:26:47 +0000

As a member of the Chianti Classico tasting panel at the times I do not think that Eric’s column was brutal. The wine has become a former shadow of it self. Both Florence and I “felt that the classic aromas and flavors of Chianti – tart cherry and violets,along with earthy mineral and dusty tannins- were overshadowed by toasty cocoa flavors inparted by new oak barrels” Eric does not go far enough- I also found them lacking in adicity and in a blind tasting would not be able to pick them out as Chianti. Much the same problems I found at the “Barbara Meeting” in March. In the past Chianti Classico Riserva was a wine that could age- even with white graps and the governo method- where is the sense of place, where is the aroma of sunshine on the Tuscan pines-where is the taste and feel of Tuscany- not in these wines. See TOM Marescs’s Tom’s Wine Line on Chianti and my answer to him on many of the same issues. wwwcharlesscicolone>wordpress.com By the way I like pizza Margarita with Chianti.

By: tom hyland

tom hyland — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:37:43 +0000

You mention the purchase of Castello di Brolio by Seagram’s in the 1970s, but readers should realize that the winery was purchased back by the family in the 1980s and remains that way today.

Ironically, however, while there was a return to quality early on, the wines today are more international than ever.

By: Seho

Seho — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:51:14 +0000

ciao! I am silent reader of ur blog in Sudcorea.
I do my wine importing biz and continuously am seeking real(oppure original) Chianti Classico for Korean but still I can not find one.
so many black clouds on Belpaese,,,no?