2018 Ricasoli Brolio Chianti Classico Riserva

97/100 - GardiniNotes.com 2021
92/100 - James Suckling 2021
92/100 - Wine Spectator 2021
90/100 - Vinous, Antonio Galloni 2021

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.

Vintage

Overall, we can state that 2018 was a complex harvest due to the climate trends, which tended to be more humid than average in the past, but with excellent summer temperatures and a very dry period in the months of September and October.

Winemaking

Fermentation in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature of 24°C-27°C (75.2°-80.6°F) with 14-16 days of skin contact.

Specs

• Vintage: 2018
• Varietal: 100% Sangiovese
• Appellation: Gaiole in Chianti, Italy
• Ageing: 18 months in tonneaux of first and second passage.
• Alcohol: 14%
• Total acidity: 5,60 g/l
• pH: 3,34
• Net dry extract: 28,58 g/l
• Total polyphenols (as Gallic acid): 2237 g/l

What’s Included

4-bottles:

• 4x 2018 Barone Ricasoli Brolio Chianti Classico Riserva
  Case:
• 12x 2018 Barone Ricasoli Brolio Chianti Classico Riserva

Price Comparison

Not for sale on winery website, $360/case MSRP

About The Winery

• Winery: Barone Ricasoli
• Founded: 1993
• Location: Chianti, Italy

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.

This creates a continuous succession of colors and hues around the Brolio Castle, which is located within the town limits of Gaiole in Chianti. Since 1993, Baron Francesco Ricasoli has been guiding this central Tuscan company in innovative challenges. This has been done with the deepest respect for his renowned ancestors, who have made this territory great, Bettino Ricasoli first and foremost.

Francesco Ricasoli, current owner and President of the company, has generated new ideas and concepts to render the vineyards sustainable. The ongoing study of soil types and the clonal selection of the Brolio Sangiovese are among his greatest passions, and he has totally renovated the vineyards and completely mapped them.

The new wines are therefore the expression of research carried out with the same scientific rigor of his illustrious ancestor but with a contemporary spirit, like a runner receiving the baton and carrying it forward with renewed energy.

Available States

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Estimated Delivery

Thursday, Oct 2 - Monday, Oct 6