The store owner explains that he chose the 2022 Montesecondo Chianti Classico for the club because it was grown and made by Silvio Messana. It "exemplifies everything we love about old-school Chianti, and we know that folks will fall in love with Chianti once they experience a good, traditionally made bottle of it. And that is precisely the experience that this quiet, subtle wine provides."
The wine embodies three native grapes of the Chianti region: Sangiovese, Canaiolo, and Colorino, blended at harvest time. The winemaker says the wine was fermented in concrete tanks, then aged "half in medium-sized barrels, half in cement tanks." The medium-sized barrels of which he speaks are enormous 15,000 liter oaken botti grandi. The cement, he says, gives the wine softness and balance, while the large vat imparts less of the oak to the finished wine. The winemaking technique is low-intervention, alcohol hits a mere 13% abv and it sells for around $35.
This wine has a medium tinted ruby color. The nose is a savory blast. The fruit is dark and muted by the aroma of pipe tobacco, earth, and black olives. The wine's flavor profile has shades of black cherry and plum, again colored by the savory aspect of the palate. I expect to find some trace of wood, but there is none. The wine was fermented in cement, and half of it was aged that way, so the sip is very clean. The tannins are velvety and the acidity is lively.
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