"Dark garnet color. Aromas and flavors of wet horse blanket and shoe polish, tomato leaf, ripe and dried cherry, and rose and cedar with a satiny, lively, bone-dry medium body and a tingling, interesting, breezy finish with impressions of cherry, sun ripened tomato and tomato leaf, and tobacco and oregano with grippy, coating, woody tannins and a suggestion of oak flavor. A food friendly rustic style of Chianti that would be right at home overlooking a pastoral Tuscan landscape."
- Beverage Testing Institute (March 2023), 88 pts, Highly Recommended, Best Buy
"Dusty garnet color. Earthy aromas and flavors of dried sour cherry and sundried tomato, honey roasted mushrooms, chocolate yogurt, and hint of barnyard with a supple, bright, dry-yet-fruity medium body and a smooth, interesting, medium-length nuts, cranberry compote, and earth finish with a suggestion of oak. A nice combination of bright fruit and rusticity will bode well for the hunter's table."
"A heck of a value in Chianti, this delicious blend of 90% Sangiovese, 7% Canaiolo and 3% Colorino offers up notes of licorice, new saddle leather, black cherry and berry fruit, loamy soil undertones and a touch of pepper and herbs. It is medium-bodied, savory and best drunk over the next several years."