Felsina, Chianti Classico

Black cherry, campfire, dry sand. Dark fruit with excellent lift and plenty of savory elements. Hearty enough to stand up to bolognese or ragu.

2017 vintage

Potpourri, dried flowers, orange peel, tobacco, herbs, dusty old books on the nose. Full bodied, you can tell this was really big in its youth, but quite balanced on the palate with mostly resolved tannins and notes of plums, black cherries, and tobacco followed by a surprisingly long finish. This feels like it’s at peak now and won’t be going downhill quickly. I wouldn’t be surprised to find it drinking well in 10-15 years.

1999 vintage

Another lovely btl.

2017 vintage

Drinking really nicely right now. Great for casual dinner. Cheers!

2017 vintage

Another beautiful showing for this wine. Lovely colour, nice cherry and plum nose, but the standout is the bright crunchy red plum and cherry fruit on the palate. Really nicely balanced with crisp acidity , good finish too. Cannot wait to try the riserva.

2017 vintage

Has mellowed over time and is starting to balance out. A good Pizza wine that could go a couple more years.

2017 vintage

Corked. Heavy aromatics of musty leaves and dull, muted red fruits.

2017 vintage

Hallelujah…after a corked bottle earlier and a “not ready to drink” bottle a few years ago, this bottle was excellent! In development with mixed, fresh red fruits, notable structure, evolving balance and a big finish. Decanted. Enjoyed with a Supreme Cauliflower crusted pizza. This can probably age for another 15+ years.

2017 vintage

It's been how long? Lovely and just starting to gain complexity

2017 vintage

This wine was built to age well. Opened, aerated and drank half. It was ok. Pumped the air our and sealed for a week (forgot about it). Thought I would have to dump the remainder but it still smelled fresh and showed beautiful fruit and complex finish. Likely ok to cellar for another 3-5 years.

2017 vintage

Excellent chianti and ready to drink now. Medium body with tobacco and berry flavor. We paired it with red sauce pasta.

2017 vintage

So nice. Holding up well.

2017 vintage

Not as good as the 2016.

2017 vintage

Just perfect tonight by itself and with a dinner of chicken italian sausage and spinach/ricotta ravioli in spaghetti sauce. Excellent.

2017 vintage

Air is still a help. This vintage is holding up very well. It is so nice. Dark opaque red color. Some berries, spice, tannins, spice. medium finish.

2017 vintage

Enjoyed over 2 evenings with pasta. Lightly extracted red fruits with a kiss of cedarwood. The tannin was un-noticed. Really in the zone.

2017 vintage

Really nice classico - just the right weight for a light pasta dish - full of juicy red and black cherry fruit, lovely fresh fruit aromas to go with the juicy fresh palate as well. Dry with a firm finish - made for food. Excellent value.

2017 vintage

Some confusing recent negative notes on this wine. Delivers everything that a Chianti Classico should. Sure, not a blockbuster super-extracted red - just a super-friendly food wine that offers abundant acidity, woodsy Sangiovese flavors, and Italian table wine sensibility. 2017 isn't turning out to be one of the better vintages, but this is one of the better CCs from the vintage that I've tried recently.

2017 vintage

I'm a fan of very high acidity in wines, so take that into account, but I found this wine was really bright, high-toned and fresh, with red acidic berries - redcurrants, possibly slightly underripe raspberries and a certain savoury edge. I couldn't say for certain what it was, leather or tobacco, but rounded the wine out nicely for me. Drinking it with roast lamb of course helped that acidity immeasurably, but I really enjoyed this.

2017 vintage

Tasted blind on Christmas Eve. Nose is beautiful- floral, earthy, woodsy, light tobacco. I wish I liked the taste as much tho- medium body, a bit too acidic, sour cherry and short on finish. 3.0

2017 vintage

Good quality and very dry as other have said. Needs Italian food.

2017 vintage

Needs air. This vintage is holding up very well. Dark opaque red color. Some berries, spice, tannins, spice. medium finish.

2017 vintage

Very dry and high acidity. A good food wine but would be too astringent on it’s own. Would be a great pizza wine. May wait for the next bottle just to see if it balances out more.

2017 vintage

Drank with friends in Rhode Island. Everybody loved it.

2017 vintage

I really like this. Not very fruity, yet, a wine of substance. Very dry and somewhat tannic. I don't discern any unintegrated oak flavors. Well balanced. Nice!

2017 vintage

Very disappointing given this producer’s reputation for quality, excellence and consistency. I tend to agree with TWARD and other comments indicating this is underwhelming….muted fruits, and unbalanced and overwhelming tannin and acidity. Hopefully, this bottle is an “outlier” but based on some of the other less than stellar comments, I’m not very hopeful.

2017 vintage

Popped and poured. Herbal, earthy, dusty, and still with some fruit. Very tasty. Surprisingly good for a 20 year old chianti. Nice way to end my day

1999 vintage

Intriguing. Drying out or not yet ready. Left sealed in the fridge while we were away in France, the last two glasses on return were the best. I think this will last.

1999 vintage

Vibrant, complex, with notes of dusty cherry and oregano.

1999 vintage

This had more depth and was much more robust than the '98 alongside it. Whereas the '98 was nicely integrated and soft, this still showed layers of fruit and tobacco and earth, deeper, more robust on the palate, firmer tannins. Lovely Sangio, years to go. Amali.

1999 vintage

Lovely red fruited cherry nose. No dustiness or over development. Lovely mid weight red fruited Sangiovese, without any raspiness or dryness. Surprisingly fresh and quaffable. Just a lovely chianti in its prime. Just a great bottle

1999 vintage

Pinkish color with much bricking at edges, as expected. Nose of earth, flowers & some red fruit. There's a definite sweetness in the nose. Medium bodied, with some spice, soft, mostly faded tannins. Though still somewhat enjoyable, most of the fruit is gone from this wine leaving primarily an herbal, earthy, flowery, somewhat spicy concoction. The wine is definitely on its last legs and I wish I had opened it years ago

1999 vintage

At 1st meeting of singh and cammleri family

1999 vintage

First meeting of Singh and Cammalleri family

1999 vintage

Very nice rich dark colour

1999 vintage

over the hill oxidized

1999 vintage

Waited a bit too long on this one. 88

1999 vintage

Still drinking OK but on decline. Losing some of its rich fruit and balance. Bricky and astringent.

1999 vintage

PnP through Nuance Wine Finer. Brownish-brick color. Dark berry nose with a hint of cherry. Wonderful balance on the palate. Well integrated tannins. Long finish. Dark berries with some dustiness and a little smoke flavors. Full bodied. Great find. Would score at 90 pts again. Aloha!

1999 vintage

Pop and pour with lovely italian pasta dinner. Dark, brick red color. Blackberry and cranberry nose. Blackberry, licorice and a bit of dustiness and nuts coming through. Tannins are well integrated, but not fully dissipated. Well balanced and enjoyable Chianti. Aloha!

1999 vintage

Nice easy drinking Chianti.

1999 vintage

Pizza Making Wine Dinner (Chez Jayaram, Cupertino, CA) : Bricking dark tomato red color with pale meniscus; nice dried berry, berry, herb nose; silky textured, tart berry, cranberry palate with good acidity; medium finish 90+ pts.

1999 vintage

impressive. loads of personality. very well made. can hold a little longer

1999 vintage

Perfumed nose of mushroom, sour cherry and saddle leather. Juicy sour cherry on the palate with flavors of wet clay, mushroom and a little menthol. Very drinkable thanks to juicy acidity. Classic and satisfying. Partially resolved tannins still push a little on the back end but this is pretty easy going, especially with food. I suspect it is only a few years from peak; leftovers were nice but had lost some energy on day 2. Drink or hold.

1999 vintage

Clear, dark red color. Not much on the nose but nice black cherry, spice, and tomato flavors. Good acidity with very nice finish.

1999 vintage

dinnner with the astor kids : Dark and youthful in the glass. This started off with a terrible bottle stink of sour meat and camphor which it never entirely lost. Round and very well integrated with chunky fruit and seamless structure but inelegant. Spicy and slightly bitter midpalate is uncommonly rich with deep leathery, earthy fruit and a roasted meaty edge that leads to a mouthwatering finish. Perhaps at a difficult point in it';s evolution but a bit of a …

1999 vintage

Lively black cherry fruit, nose of flowers and leather. Tannins fully resolved, bright acidity, a lovely textbook Chianti. A pointe.

1999 vintage

Lots of bright cherry fruit and nice acidity. Very much alive and still drinking very well.

1999 vintage

accompanied home-made spaghetti

1999 vintage

J-Very dark. Musty leather on the nose. Well integrated and smooth. Flavors of cigar box. Drinking nicely in its prime. N-Deep brick red. Apple/cherry and strong leather on nose. Smooth. Light beginning. Slightly tangy & fizzy. Strong middle and end. Not very complex. Currant and cherry notes. Slightly metallic finish.

1999 vintage

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