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<\/strong><\/p>\nRiserva wines have always been a tough slog for me. I continue to find them too oaky and lacking focus, and with the advent of Gran Selezione, it seems Riserva have taken a further step back. Where do you decide to put your reserve, or best fruit? It’s a no-brainer type of question.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, and for now, there are some who do take Reserva seriously, usually producers you have heard of and have a reputation to uphold: Antinori, Dievole, Nozzole, Brancaia, Ricasoli, and Volpaia… just to name a handful who made the list.<\/p>\n
There are less than two dozen on this list; and I would have sampled wines from quadruple that amount to whittle it down.<\/p>\n
Bottom line… when buying Reserva Chianti Classico, stick with recognizable producers. All wines below are worth drinking now or putting aside for five plus years.<\/p>\n
The Anteprima’s Best<\/strong><\/p>\n … TOP WINE …<\/strong><\/p>\n Castello di Volpaia 2022 Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span> … The BETTER …<\/strong><\/p>\n Antonori 2022 Villa Antinori – Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span> Dievole 2022 Novecento – Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span> Tenuta di Nozzole 2021 La Forra – Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span> … GOOD …<\/strong><\/p>\n Antonori 2022 Marchesi Antinori – Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Opener … Riserva wines have always been a tough slog for me. I continue to find them too oaky and lacking focus, and with the advent of Gran Selezione, it seems Riserva have taken a further step back. Where do you decide to put your reserve, or best fruit? It’s a no-brainer type […]<\/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-7182","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\/7182","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=7182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Finding more and more ways to impress: this has a vanilla, blackberry, cassis and black cherry palate – the fruit is front and center which raises this wine to another level.<\/em><\/p>\n
Good version of the Villa with big fruit that sits in the dark range, drink now and over the next 5 years for full effect.<\/p>\n
Good structure, nice red fruit and spice with good acidity. Well-balanced.<\/em><\/p>\n
Juicy and easy drinking; here the wood does not get in the way and the spices are savoury with acidity that help move everything along.<\/em><\/p>\n
Badia a Coltibuono 2020 Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span>
Brancaia 2022 Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span>
Castellare di Castelina 2022 Castelllare – Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span>
Castello di Gabbiano 2021 Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span>
Castello Vicchiomaggio 2022 Agostino Petri – Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span>
Fattoria San Giusto a Rentennano 2022 Le Baroncole – Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span>
Il Molino di Grace 2021 Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span>
Lamole di Lamole 2021 Lareale – Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span>
Querciabella 2021 Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span>
Ricasoli 2022 Brolio – Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span>
Villa Mangiacane 2020 Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n