2020 L'Erta di Radda Chianti Classico

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  2/25/2024 - Tuscany Terry Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Nice notes of cherry, black cherry, blackberry, and cinnamon. On tasting I get the fruit plus some cedar and oak. Some smoke also.
  
  The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like cherry and cedar. It tastes like blackberry, cherry, cedar, oak and toast. The body is medium. The wine has coarse texture. The wine finishes short. The wine has medium acidity.

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  2/24/2024 - MF84 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Medium ruby red. Tight at first but opened after an hour or so. Red fruits, leather and earth on the nose. Really nice, typical Chianti Classico/sangiovese flavours of sour cherry, tar, violets. Bright acidity, medium+ finish with a nice mineral backbone. Quite serious and structured. Twice as good with spaghetti and tomato sauce. Buy more. 91+

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  10/12/2023 - huse Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Youthful but already very accessible Chianti Classico wine, sourced from the clayey-sandy-slate soils around the village of Radda (located about 25 kilometers south of the city of Firenze). An organically farmed and spontaneously fermented wine composed of 90 percent Sangiovese and 10 percent Canaiolo. It was aged for 24 months in 2000-liter Slavonian oak barrels. Color: vivacious ruby-red. Bouquet: intense nose revealing scents of cherry, cranberry, dried herbs and a hint of cocoa and new leather. On the palate, a really enjoyable medium- to full-bodied wine, dominated by delicious ripe cherry and red forest fruit, with a perfect balance, a gentle tannic structure and a finely integrated acidity. Finish: convincing aftertaste with some slight smoky nuances. Great QPR. Optimal enjoyment: now–2026.
  
  Jeugdige maar al zeer toegankelijke Chianti Classico-wijn, afkomstig van de klei-, zand- en leisteenbodems rondom het dorp Radda (gelegen op ongeveer 25 kilometer ten zuiden van Firenze). Een biologisch geteelde en spontaan vergiste wijn met een samenstelling van 90 percent Sangiovese en 10 percent Canaiolo. Hij rijpte gedurende 24 maanden in Slavonische eiken vaten van 2000 liter. Kleur: levendig robijnrood. Bouquet: intense neus met aroma’s van kers, veenbes, gedroogde kruiden en ook een vleugje cacao en nieuw leder. In de mond, een zeer aangename, vrij krachtige wijn, gedomineerd door heerlijk rijp kers- en rood bosfruit, perfect in balans, met een zachte tanninestructuur en een fijne, fraai geïntegreerde aciditeit. Finale: overtuigende afdronk met wat licht rokerige nuances. Voortreffelijke prijs-kwaliteitsverhouding. Optimaal drinkgenot: nu–2026.

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  9/19/2023 - David J Cooper wrote: 92 Points

  Clear medium red. Lovely floral red cherry, forest floor and dried herb nose. Very delicious mid weight berry and red cherry flavours with a sneaky tannic finish.
  
  More Radda please.

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