The 2001 Chianti Classico Brolio, which uses the best grapes of the estate’s 500 acres of proprietary vineyards, offers full and expansive aromas of blackberry and blueberry fruit, meat, and gravel, a powerful and concentrated palate, and a strong, savory finish with much cassis, sage, and minerals. Drink: 2006-2018. The only question here is why so little interest and attention is given to Sangiovese – driving up to the place where one of Italy’s major wines was born through rows of Merlot is a slightly disconcerting experience, to say the least.
Importer: Paterno Imports, Lake Bluff, IL; tel. (847) 604-8900