2019 Monteraponi Chianti Classico Il Campitello Riserva [WA95][JD94]

Producer: Monteraponi  
Region: Chianti Classico, Chianti, Tuscany, Italy  
Blend: 90% Sangiovese, 5% Colorino, 5% Canaiolo
Year: 2019 

Wine Advocate, 95 Points 

"The organic Monteraponi 2019 Chianti Classico Riserva Il Campitello is a beautiful wine that expresses itself elegantly, thanks to balanced fruit, good concentration and well-dosed intensity. The wine is a blend of 90% Sangiovese, 5% Colorino and 5% Canaiolo with berries from 55-year-old vines on a mix of schistous galestro and limestone alberese soils. It offers a noticeably darker appearance with aromas of pressed blackberry, button mushroom and blue flower. This Riserva maintains a wild but delicate personality throughout, with a spot of crushed white pepper in a distant background role." 

Jeb Dunnuck, 94 Points 

"The dark ruby/magenta 2019 Chianti Classico Riserva Il Campitello is forward with mineral aromas of wet stone, black cherry, and fresh sage. Medium to full-bodied, it saturates the palate with ripe tannins and a long, earthy finish. This age-worthy wine from Monteraponi will benefit from another two or more years in bottle." 

Winemaker Notes: 

"The wine is garnet-red colored. Intense spicy and red fruity notes on the nose. One is immediately impressed by the wine’s power and strength. The marly and clayey soil lends the wine remarkable savoriness and persistence. The tertiary notes, of aromatic herbs blended with Spanish broom and fennel, are typical of the Chianti Classico zone. High acidity, due to the winery’s altitude, which ensures ageing potential." 

Alcohol: 13.5%  

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