2022 Chianti Classico
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Full bottle 1,244 g. Sangiovese di Lamole from hilly terraced vineyards on sandy, silty soil at 450 m, south-west and west facing. Fermented and aged 10 months in cement tanks. Is this exactly what Chianti Classico should taste like? I can’t help thinking yes. Sour cherry, damsons, fruit that is etched with hot-road-stones minerality and bay-leaf bitterness but also sweet and also cooked and also fresh. The tannins feel like satin ribbons dipped in ink and dragged through the dust of old pencil shavings. And on the finish, I can taste thyme and iron. Tenderness and tang. (TC)
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Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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In the bottle with the red capsule, the Poggio Scalette 2022 Chianti Classico has a hint of extra-ripe fruit that comes off as cooked cherry or raspberry jam. The wine is soft and quite simple all said and done. That easy ripeness hooks into a one-dimensional mouthfeel with a hint of bitterness to close. I took a few points off because of that sticky ripeness. This is your simple weeknight spaghetti and red sauce choice. Production is 35,902 bottles.
The 2022 Chianti Classico is a racy, opulent wine. Ripe black cherry, spice, leather, tobacco and mocha fill out the layers in this deep, resonant Chianti Classico. There's a fair bit of tannin, so another year or so in bottle will only help. This is a fine effort from Poggio Scalette that gains freshness with air.