2017 Chianti Classico DOCG Gran Selezione "Strada al Sasso", Tuscany, Italy

Firm and quite deep, slightly smoky, bacon and herbaceous nose with polished aromas of mixed berries and cherries as well as floral traces and herbs. Densely woven, again polished, juicy, ripe and with air increasingly lively and fresh fruit with toasty and somewhat chocolaty wood flavours that integrate perfectly with air, coffee tones on the palate, some acid bite and very fine, ripe tannin, persistent on the palate, a little herbal, a hint of pomegranate and pepper in the background, also a hint of tobacco, still undeveloped, has elegance for all its power, good depth, very good, tight, very juicy finish, again with slightly smoky and woody notes. Must mature

Best to drink: 2022-2034+. What our ratings mean