Fattoria Rodano

Chianti Classico 2005

90

Black and extracted when first opened, this wine needs plenty of air to move past its plum-skin bitterness. There's a sleek texture from the start, and by the time the extract retreats toward a sweet scent of applewood smoke, the fruit begins to emerge with elegant, dark cherry flavors that last. Decant this a few hours before dinner, then serve with roast lamb. Enotec Imports, Denver, CO

Fattoria Rodano

Chianti Classico 'Bottesola N. 46' 2015

93

The 2015 Chianti Classico Bottesola N. 46 is a wine made from a single cask *from 90% Sangiovese with smaller parts Colorino and Canaiolo). That vessel (botte number 46) reveals more contouring and tightness (compared to botte number 27 also tasted here)

Fattoria Rodano

Chianti Classico 'Bottesola N. 46' 2015

90

Year's Best-Enrico Pozzesi bottles this wine from a single 20-hectoliter Slavonian cask (barrel number 46), where the wine aged for two and a half years. It shows the intensity of the warm 2015 vintage in flavors of dark cherry, fig and plum, but lively acidity keeps the flavors buoyant as the wine picks up meaty and savory tones with exposure to air. It’s a great candidate for a steakhouse list.