Clean and fresh, with strawberry and cherry flavors, a light body and a light finish. Crisp and refreshing. Drink now. -JS

Flawed, with a bubbling palate and oxidized flavors. Not recommended. -JS

Il Palazzino's 1988 Chianti Classico-Riserva is one of the stars of the vintage. An exquisite nose of raspberries and spices is followed by a deep, rich, generously endowed wine with soft acidity, huge masses of fruit buttressed by oak and glycerin. Drink this rich, medium to full-bodied, dramatic Chianti between now and 2002. Importer: a Marc de Grazia Selection, Michael Skurnick Wines, Westbury, NY.

Firm-textured, with pleasantly earthy raspberry and anise aromas and flavors. The tannins are well submerged. Drink now.??–null??Region: Italy / Chianti Classico Select to Add

Packed to the brim with ripe fruit and earth flavors. Not for everyone, it's decadent, offering barnyardy berry and ripe fruit aromas, ripe blackberry and chocolate flavors and a velvety mouth-feel. A full-bodied wine to drink now.??–null??Region: Italy / Chianti Classico Select to Add