Name: Piccini Collezione Oro
Company: Piccini
Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany ( Chianti)
Domination: Chianti DOCG
Titel: Riserva
Grape: Sangiovese 90%, Cabernet sauvignon 10%
Vintage: 2015
Alcohol: 13.5%
Price: €10.00
Score:
78 out of a 100
Colour:
Dark ruby
Nose:
Dark forest fruits with lots of ripe dominant dark cherries, black current, blue berries, ripe plum. Aromas of toasted oak, vanilla, tobacco leaves.
Palate:
Complex, medium bodied and balanced dark fruits notes: ripe dominant dark cherries, black current, blue berries, ripe plum. Aromas of toasted oak, vanilla, licorice black peper, dark chocolate. Polished tannins and medium acidity.
Finish:
Long finish with lots of dark red fruits, vanilla, toasted oak and black pepper.
Conclusion:
This Chianti is a complex and well balanced dark red wine with lots of fruits flavors and great tannins.
Riserva is about the bearing: 70% of the wine is aged in large oak barrels, 30% of the wine in small oak barrels for extra flavor layers.
This wine is called Collezione Oro because the winemaker wants to give a clear statement that this wine embodied a truly unique Chianti Reserva.
Goes great with:
Pasta, poultry, beef, meatballs, salami, pizza.
Best served with:
16 – 18 °C / 61 – 65 ºF