RKS 2025 Wine: A Chianti Classico: Bring on the Transylvanian Bear Stew!

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Aroma: Virtually screaming “Cherry”. Blackberry, milk chocolate and Coachella Valley date.

Palate: Serious stuffing to this wine. Well built in tannins and tight structure suggesting some ageability. The fruit is busting to escape but not just yet fellow. Chery again but kirsch as well. Long ponderous finish with a hint of sour cherry.

Personality: Do you doubt the ability of a Chianti to be big and brash. But not crude like you know who. And if he puts a tariff on Italian wine may that country drown on its fat and lazy Cabernet Sauvignon! Sorry about my Italian pride.

Food Match: Transylvanian bear stew.  If you are tired of Tuscan wild boar stew!

Ageing: Will sail into 2030 at which time lower the sails and start bailing.

Price: $25 CDN.

RKS 2025 Wine Rating: 92/100. Natalie MacLean 91. Wine Spectator 94.

(Clemente VII Chianti Classico 2020, Chianti Classico DOCG, Castelli Del Grevepesa, San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Italy, 750 mL, 14%).

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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