The estate’s 2006 Chianti Classico Riserva Vigna Casi flows from the glass with rich layers of dark red berries, sweet spices, new leather and licorice. Generous and round through to the finish, the 2006 Vigna Casi delivers plenty of pleasure in a relatively accessible style for the vintage. With a little better balance in the use of French oak the Vigna Casi might very well merit a higher score. The fruit alone is striking. The Vigna Casi was aged in equal parts cask and small Frenck oak barrels. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2018.
Castello di Meleto excels with rich, fruit-driven Chiantis.
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