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This has a wealth of spearmint, brambleberries, dried herbs, cedar, tar, licorice and some sour cherries. Tangy acidity penetrates layers of fresh red fruit that are tightly bound up by firm tannins. A savory finish. Stylish. 

Opening to a medium-light garnet color and mid-weight appearance, the 2015 Chianti Classico offers a textbook read of the warm vintage and the versatile Sangiovese grape. The bouquet is fragrant and lively with wild berry, cassis, blue flower, rosemary essence and crushed stone. The wine is complex and compelling but in a most refreshingly natural and informal way.