Two amazing Chiantis; one fabulous vintage
2015 Chianti ClassicoThe 2015 is one of the finest Chianti vintages I can remember says Matthew Jukes.
2015 Chianti Classico, Isole e Olena, Tuscany, ItalyAbout £25.99, ValvonaCrolla.co.uk, HayWines.co.uk, TheWineReserve.co.uk
The 2015 was a fabulous vintage across Europe and the greater Chianti region benefited enormously with ripe winesmade at all price points. I particularly like the fact that most of the 2015s that I have tasted show uncommon precocity at the same time as clearly having enough power in their engines to run and run. This balance/longevity ratio makes the elite wines very attractive indeed.
Isole is one of the most famous wineries in Italy. Winemaker Paolo di Marchi makes wines with thrilling fruit and slender, juicy, willowy tannins. It comes from high-altitude vineyards in the western part of Chianti Classico, open to breezes coming in from the sea. Pretty and seductive, this is the perfect counterpoint to the muscular 2015 Chianti Classico, Flsina Berardenga, Tuscany,Italy (£22.95, Philglas-Swiggot.com).
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Located on the southern border of the Chianti region, northeast of Siena, Flsina's wines are often built like the sangioveses from Montalcino as opposed to the more graceful styles, such as Isole, from further north in the Chianti region. Classic and structured, but lush and succulent, this is one of the finest vintages I can remember in my very long history with this property. Two amazing Chiantis from one amazing vintage you must track them both down and then you will understand the vintage in several twists of a corkscrew.
Matthew Jukes is a winner of the International Wine & Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year (MatthewJukes.com).
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Matthew Jukes has worked in the UK wine business for well over three decades and during this time has written 14 wine books.
Matthew regularly lectures, judges, speaks at wine conferences and runs masterclass tastings for both corporate and private clients all over the world. Matthew is also the creator of his ground-breaking initiative, the One Day Wine School, an indulgent day of tasting and learning first performed in 2006.
He has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006 and has written a weekly column for the Daily Mail’s Weekend Magazine since 1999. His four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports – the Burgundy En Primeur Report, the Bordeaux En Primeur Report, the Piemonte Report and the 100 Best Australian Wines – are published on his website, www.matthewjukes.com.
Matthew is one of the world’s leading experts on Australian wine and, with Brisbane-based wine writer Tyson Stelzer, runs an annual competition in Australia to find ‘The Great Australian Red’. He was made Honorary Australian of the Year in the UK at the 2012 Australia Day Foundation Gala dinner.
Matthew is a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year Trophy. His thoughts, recommendations and tastings notes are followed very closely by the wine world at large.
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