Isole e Olena
Chianti Classico 2021
Tuscany, Italy
Regular price£245.00
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| Style: Red | Drink from: 2024 |
| ABV: 14.5% | Drink to: 2032 |
| Packaging: OCC | Stock arriving: December 2024 |
Critic scores
93 RP, 91 AG, 94 JS, 17.5 JR, 94 DC
Critic reviews
"The Isole e Olena 2021 Chianti Classico is a softly textured and charming wine that is impeccably buttoned up and balanced. It offers terrific value at this price point. This wine is packed with bright fruit, wild cherry and blue flower. It ends with a blast of refreshing acidity that is consistent with Sangiovese."
Monica Larner, July 2024, RobertParker.com
"The 2021 Chianti Classico is deceptive in its light color and medium-bodied structure. It possesses notable textural depth and supporting structure. This is such a pretty and expressive wine. Dried herbs, mint, spice and crushed red berry fruit are nicely drawn. Bright acids and floral overtones pull it all together."
Antonio Galloni, June 2024, Vinous.com
"Lustrous mid-to-deep ruby. At first, a nose that's savoury an miibrantnerally with shy, brooding fruit underneath. Succulent, tangy, wall-to-wall cherry fruit on the palate. Great depth and fantastic, coating, almost slick tannins. Vibrant."
Walter Speller, February 2024, JancisRobinson.com
"While Isole e Olena’s vineyards did suffer some minor frost damage in 2021, former owner Paolo de Marchi said it wasn’t dramatic, and fans will be happy to know that there is still ample quantity of this flag-bearing Chianti Classico. Bit by bit, it reveals characteristic nuances of brushwood, currants, rosehip, strawberry and pepper. Succulent and light on feet, the palate is judiciously concentrated with pure and persistent red berries. Taut, integrated tannins provide definition, and it trails off with garden-fresh herbs. This should give plenty of pleasure over the next eight to 10 years."
Michaela Morris, February 2024, Decanter.com
Monica Larner, July 2024, RobertParker.com
"The 2021 Chianti Classico is deceptive in its light color and medium-bodied structure. It possesses notable textural depth and supporting structure. This is such a pretty and expressive wine. Dried herbs, mint, spice and crushed red berry fruit are nicely drawn. Bright acids and floral overtones pull it all together."
Antonio Galloni, June 2024, Vinous.com
"Lustrous mid-to-deep ruby. At first, a nose that's savoury an miibrantnerally with shy, brooding fruit underneath. Succulent, tangy, wall-to-wall cherry fruit on the palate. Great depth and fantastic, coating, almost slick tannins. Vibrant."
Walter Speller, February 2024, JancisRobinson.com
"While Isole e Olena’s vineyards did suffer some minor frost damage in 2021, former owner Paolo de Marchi said it wasn’t dramatic, and fans will be happy to know that there is still ample quantity of this flag-bearing Chianti Classico. Bit by bit, it reveals characteristic nuances of brushwood, currants, rosehip, strawberry and pepper. Succulent and light on feet, the palate is judiciously concentrated with pure and persistent red berries. Taut, integrated tannins provide definition, and it trails off with garden-fresh herbs. This should give plenty of pleasure over the next eight to 10 years."
Michaela Morris, February 2024, Decanter.com
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