{"id":6733,"date":"2024-09-16T10:25:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T10:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/16\/report-from-chianti-lovers-2024-anteprima\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T10:25:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T10:25:50","slug":"report-from-chianti-lovers-2024-anteprima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/16\/report-from-chianti-lovers-2024-anteprima\/","title":{"rendered":"Report from : Chianti Lovers 2024 Anteprima"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chianti Lovers is a tasting with a ton of wines to try. I will admit I did not get to them all. This year I did a 50-wine sampling from a variety of regions and levels. The good news is the 35 of the 50 made the report … That’s effectively a 70% rate of getting a good wine (at the minimum) in your glass; and when it comes to wine I’ll take those odds any day.<\/p>\n

I applied my Good, Better, Best approach to the Chianti Lovers this year – and instead of separating the wines into their categories I put them in alphabetical order by way of producer. Also, any wine that received BEST or BETTER has a note as to why I believe it deserves that score.<\/p>\n

The Wines<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"CLAlberto Motta 2021 Morellino di Scansano DOCG Riserva<\/em><\/span>
Nice mix of fruit and functionality – acidity and tannins help clean up the finish.  (BETTER)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bonacchi 2023 Chianti DOCG<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bruni 2021 Morellino di Scansano DOCG Riserva<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cantina La Selva 2023 Morellino di Scansano DOCG<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cantina La Selva 2021 Morellino di Scansano DOCG Riserva<\/span><\/em> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cantina Vignaioli Scansano 2023 Morellino di Scansano DOCG “Roggiano” \"CL<\/em><\/span>
I like this vineyard – there is some freshness and some fruit here that plays with wood and tannins – acidity cleans things out.  (BETTER)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cantina Vignaioli Scansano 2021 Morellino di Scansano DOCG Riserva “Roggiano”<\/em><\/span>
Good acidity with some dark fruit and spice notes.  (BETTER)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Castello Sonnino 2022 Chianti Montespertoli DOCG<\/em><\/span>
The acidity shines through, then in comes the fruit, then the subtle bite of tannins. Give this a few years and opala!  (BETTER)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Colognole 2022 Chianti Rufina DOCG<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fattoria di Doccia 2022 Chianti Rufina DOCG<\/em><\/span>
Black cherry and a touch of smoke, juicy middle – nice finish – should sit in a cellar for a few years easily.  (BETTER)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fattoria Fibbiano 2022 Chianti Superiore DOCG<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fattoria Lavacchio 2022 Chianti Rufina DOC<\/em><\/span>G … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fattoria San Michaele a Torri 2021 Chianti Colli Fiorentini DOCG Riserva<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fattoria Torre a Cona 2022 Chianti Colli Fiorentini DOCG<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"CLFattoria Torre a Cona 2021 Chianti Colli Fiorentini DOCG Riserva “Terre di Cino”<\/em><\/span>
A bit of bitter at the beginning, but then the fruit kicks in on the finish – quite interesting.  (BETTER)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fattoria Uccelliera 2023 Chianti DOCG<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fattoria Uccelliera 2022 Chianti Superiore DOCG<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Malenchini 2021 Chianti Colli Fiorentini DOCG Riserva<\/em><\/span>
Blackberry, cassis and subtle cedar notes – there’s good acidity that makes the fruit more playful.  (BETTER)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mantellassi 2021 Morellino di Scansano DOCG Riserva<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marchesi Gondi 2022 Chianti Rufina DOCG<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marchesi Gondi 2021 Chianti Rufina DOCG Riserva<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marzocco di Poppiano 2021 Chianti Colli Fiorentini DOCG Riserva<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Piccini 2022 Chianti Superiore DOCG<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Piccini 2023 Chianti DOCG \"CL<\/em><\/span>
Very juicy – lots of fruit.  (BETTER)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Piccini 2023 Chianti DOCG Governo all’uso Toscana<\/em><\/span>
A little richer in the mouth, with nice tannin bite – but not jammy.  (BETTER)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Poggio Bonelli 2023 Chianti DOCG<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"CLPoggio Salvi 2023 Chianti Colli Senesi DOCG<\/em><\/span>
Nice fruit tannin combo – should stand up for half a dozen years-plus.  (BETTER)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ruffino 2023 Chianti DOCG<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Salcheto 2023 Chianti DOCG<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

San Gregorio 2023 Chianti Colli Senesi DOCG<\/span><\/em> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tenuta San Vito 2021 Chianti Colli Fiorentini DOCG Riserva<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Val Delle Rose – Tenute Della Famiglia Cecchi 2021 Morellino di Scansano DOCG Riserva<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Villa Saletta 2022 Chianti Superiore DOCG \"CL<\/em><\/span>
Juicy and approachable – lots of nice fruit start to finish.  (BEST)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Villa Travignoli 2022 Chianti Rufina DOCG<\/em><\/span> … GOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Villa Travignoli 2022 Chianti Rufina DOCG “Governo all’uso Toscano”<\/em><\/span>
A juicy black and red filled joy on the tongue, with just enough grit of tannins and nice acidity. (BETTER)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  Chianti Lovers is a tasting with a ton of wines to try. I will admit I did not get to them all. This year I did a 50-wine sampling from a variety of regions and levels. The good news is the 35 of the 50 made the report … That’s effectively a 70% rate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-road-with-the-grape-guy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}