Borgo Salcetino

I’ve said it before, but it is certainly worth repeating. Chianti Classico remains a “go-to” category when a consumer is faced with the choices on a restaurant’s wine list or at a retail store. I’m especially enthusiastic about the ‘21s from Chianti Classico because they have an energy that makes them a good match for the oil- and butter-based dishes coming from the Italian kitchen. This mid-weight Borgo Salcetino is a good example. The lively profile of bright red fruit flavors intertwined with herbal ones cut through the richness of a bowl of tortellini bathed in a mushroom truffle sauce. It would be equally refreshing with pizza. 90 Michael Apstein

Free and dynamic the primary profile gives emotions which swing between vibrant floral notes of magnolia, elderflower, linden, white geraniums and hydrangeas. Pomegranate and mandarin juice dominate the secondary scene. Medium bodied, rounded tannins with no edges and a luminous finale of notable drinkability. Drink now.