89POINTS
16¼/20
Frescobaldi Castello di Nipozzano Chianti Rufina Riserva 2007
Tuscany, ItalyOpen peppery, sausage meat, tobacco and leather nose with bits of liquorice root, black cherry and smoky plum aromas. Ripe, round, supple but grainy tannins with good acidity. Smoky, peppery, tobacco, blackberry jam, plum, vanilla, coffee, meaty, leather and liquorice flavours. Very good concentration and intensity, can age 4-7 years easily.Tasted: 23 March 2011Tasted by: Anthony Gismondi and Stuart TobePrices:BC | $25.00 | 750ml | general listing |
AB | $22.00 | 750ml | private wine shops |
MB | $22.00 | 750ml | |
ON | $22.00 | 750ml | general listing |
QC | $19.95 | 750ml | |
NS | $22.00 | 750ml | |
BC | $14.00 | 750ml | specialty listing |
AB | $125.00 | 750ml | fine wine shops |
NB | $27.00 | 750ml |
Grape: SangioveseCSPC: 107276UPC: 8007425000181