Ricasoli Brolio Chianti Classico Riserva

Tasting notes & discussion 17

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90-97 Pts (GardiniNotes.com, James Suckling, Wine Spectator, Vinous)

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Typically $30/bottle from Barone Ricasoli
Vintage 2018 from Chianti, Italy
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About Barone Ricasoli: “Ricasoli is the most representative wine producer in the Chianti Classico wine area. With its gentle hills, velvety valleys and thick woodlands of oaks and chestnuts, the 1,200 hectares of property include almost 240 hectares of vineyards and 26 of olive groves.”

Brolio’s Power is Maximum

TASTING NOTES: “Intense ruby red color and a rich, complex nose featuring ripe red fruit, spices, and vanilla notes. On the palate, it offers a voluminous mouthfeel with structured tannins and a long, persistent finish.“ (AbV 14%, pH 3.34, TA 5.60 g/L)

VARIETALS: 100% Sangiovese

BARRELS: 18 months in presumably French oak.

PAIRS WITH: N/A

THAT REMINDS ME OF: Broly. His power is maximum.

This is an old meme spawned from a 2006 issue of The Fresno Bee, a local newspaper for Fresno. There is a kids section, and for this issue, they asked kids who they would be if they were a superhero. Most of the answers are about what you’d expect: Batman, The Hulk, some contemporary cartoon characters. Except for 8-year old Markus, who says Broly from Dragonball Z, because “his power is maximum.”

If you are unfamiliar, Dragonball Z is a shonen anime/manga, characterized by musclebound men yelling and kicking the shit out of each other. For a while, characters could look at each other with “scanners” and see a literal number denoting a person’s “power level.” Broly was a villain introduced in one of the movies, an unstable Saiyan alien like the protagonist Goku, who had the potential to become infinitely powerful. Thus, his power is maximum.

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Ricasoli Brolio Chianti Classico Riserva

Worried the Summer heat will get to your wine before it gets to you? Try our new Summer Hold option here!

90-97 Pts (GardiniNotes.com, James Suckling, Wine Spectator, Vinous)

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