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

Lots of smoky, ripe black fruit, with hints of mineral and oak. Medium-bodied, with medium tannins and nice fruit on the finish. Best after 2004. 35,800 cases made, 8,000 cases imported.??–null??Region: Italy / Chianti Classico Select to Add