Candialle Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG 2014

Description

Candialle Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG 2014 is produced from 94% Sangiovese with 6% Malvasia Nera which brings perfume and softens the Sangiovese a little. The wine has the typical Chianti Classico profile – red fruits like sweet cherry, redcurrant, plums with violets and savoury notes on the nose and palate. The initial sharp red fruit hit melts into a mouth-filling and mouth-watering sensation leaving you wanting more. Delicious.

The wine may need a little time to open up but take JancisRobinson.com’s advice – don’t decant but just let the wine aerate slowly in the glass – your patience will be rewarded. Candialle Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG 2014 is a beautiful, very elegant wine. The winery is dedicated to sustainable and environmentally -friendly vine growing & wine production. Grapes are hand-harvested, fermentation is carried out with minimal intervention in stainless steel tanks to preserve fruit flavours; ageing is in large used oak barrels so the oak flavour is very subtle.

Classico means that this wine comes from the hilly historic centre of the Chianti wine region, the area most suited to vine growing. Simple Chianti is likely to be more fruit-forward and as is usually the case very easy to drink. This wine is much more elegant, a smooth and classy bottle of wine to be savoured rather than glugged. For another lovely Sangiovese, try thisCastillo Tricerchi’s Iuli’O.