The 2012 Chianti Classico Riserva Vigna Casi brings a whole new focus to this difficult vintage. Given the lean mouthfeel in the base Chianti Classico, I can only assume that Castelo di Meleto put its best fruit and its best efforts into this single-vineyard Riserva. The wine opens to a pretty dark color and dense concentration with soft tones of cherry fruit, blackberry, spice and leather. This is a soft and penetrating wine, and you can taste the effort and workmanship that went into making it what it is today.