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Valiano 2006 Poggio Teo Sangiovese (Chianti Classico)
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- $30
Poggio Teo offers excellent quality of fruit with berry, cherry and cassis overtones. This is a bright, crisp wine that flows nicely over the palate with rich intensity and integrated acidity.
— M.L.
(4/1/2011)
Valiano 2004 Poggio Teo Sangiovese (Chianti Classico)
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- $28
Here’s a brooding but sophisticated Sangiovese (with 10% Merlot) with aromas of black fruit, licorice, cola, plum, resin and road tar. It’s a chewy, dense wine from Castelnuovo Berardenga with good concentration and a luscious, soft texture.
— M.L.
(11/1/2009)
Valiano 2006 Riserva Sangiovese (Chianti Classico)
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- $25
Here’s a fleshy, well-proportioned Chianti Classico with bright, jammy notes of cherry and blackberry backed by softer aromas of vanilla and spice. Smooth roundness is capped by firm structure.
— M.L.
(4/1/2011)
Valiano 1999 Vino in Musica Sangiovese (Toscana)
- $40
Piccini’s top wine is this super Tuscan that puts 60% Sangiovese with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot in a successful blend of tobacco, earth and dark fruit flavors. The ’99 is firmer in structure than the ’97, a reflection of the vintage.
— W.E.
(7/1/2003)
Valiano 2005 Poggio Teo Sangiovese (Chianti Classico)
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Despite the warm vintage, this edition of Poggio Teo shows very nice balance and a surprising touch of bitterness or freshness on the close. Aromas here include white cherry, spice, cola and cassis.
— M.L.
(4/1/2011)
Valiano 2005 Donna di Valiano Chardonnay (Toscana)
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Valiano’s beautifully aged Chardonnay delivers impressive complexity and depth of bouquet. What stands out here are the linear mineral tones that are framed by stone and passion fruits. There’s a touch of melted butter or almond cream and the mouthfeel is smooth and rich without being heavy.
— M.L.
(8/1/2010)
Valiano 2005 Riserva Sangiovese (Chianti Classico)
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- $25
From the warmer 2005 vintage, this Riserva Chianti Classico is packed tight with mature aromas of black cherry, cassis, leather, black tobacco and a touch of drying graphite. The wine would pair with cheesy lasagna al forno.
— M.L.
(4/1/2011)
Valiano 2000 Poggio Teo Sangiovese (Chianti Classico)
- $20
A raw, tight, ready wine with a spot of green on the nose along with leather and damp earth. Airing freshens it up, revealing berry fruit flavors with accents of soy. Crisp on the finish, with acids at work.
— W.E.
(4/1/2005)
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