The Riserva di Campomaggio is born from the blending of several vineyards with a decidedly interesting average age, very high in altitude and on different soils. The Riserva represents a beautiful and decisive evolution in complexity compared to the vintage version. The 2020 started quietly and was labeled as ‘warm’ but in reality, in the glass there is sunniness but also cheerfulness and lively fruit that immediately turns to strawberry, pomegranate, and raspberries and blood orange rather than the classic sour cherry and violet of Chianti Classico from Radda. A palate of beautiful softness, few edges and already ready to drink but that doesn’t hide a nice complexity that will also give it an intriguing evolution to come. In our evening, a special wine with Nonna Irene’s penne strascicate evoked by Paolo Gori.

The sound of Chianti Classico’s boulder resonates strongly in this beautiful Gran Selezione, already a ‘Riserva’ in its first editions, which however doesn’t always have the dark color necessary to define itself as Gran Selezione. The Santa Teresa vineyard leaves little room for the abundance and ease of vegetative growth of the Sangiovese that has ventured here, which is why it has this light and sharp character. Fine and tenuous color, dark orange and dog rose among the first scents then violet, lily of the valley and thyme that almost precede the beautiful tense fruit of sour cherry, blackberry and fresh blueberry. Notes of undergrowth, bark and Tuscan tobacco accompany it in spice and just hinted tertiary notes, a sip of beautiful satisfaction and length with muscular tannin and structure that hint at intriguing evolutions. Its saline elegance makes it excellent both with penne strascicate in stewed meat sauce and also with Paolo Gori’s stewed meat itself.