Casavecchia alla Piazza di Gabriele Buondonno, Chianti Classico Riserva 2020 Ojai Vineyards Entwined within a complex deep

Entwined within a complex deep core of red and purple fruit aromas

Alain Graillot is best known in the Northern Rhone for his excellent Crozes-Hermitage wines

expect lovely citrus notes

damsons and cloves on the nose

The palate is rich and clean baked apple soft oak and ripe peach

Casavecchia alla Piazza di Gabriele Buondonno, Chianti Classico Riserva 2020 Ojai Vineyards Entwined within a complex deepA much more serious proposition than the regular Chianti. It is made out of the best grapes from low yielding, stony vineyards planted in the 1970s; the fruit is dark and dense, the tannins fine and chocolatey. It has balance and energy, and a little new wood adds to the complex spice notes on the very long finish.