2010 Isole e Olena Vin Santo del Chianti Classico
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This wine is a labor of love made only by the most tenacious and passionate producers in Tuscany. The Isole e Olena 2010 Vin Santo del Chianti Classico (in a 375-milliliter bottle) is beautifully balanced and offers a rush of candied fruit aromas and honey with hints of the smoky elegance that comes with time. On top of apricot, brown sugar and maple syrup, this Vin Santo offers unique complexity with aniseed, beeswax and toasted cardamom pod. The mouthfeel is equally finessed with a soft texture and, surprise, a wonderful dose of freshness. That acidity is the wine's ace card. This is one of the best Vin Santos I have tasted.
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
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Bottled March 2022. Light amber. Lifted and with a peppery tingle on the nose. Caramel, apricot and candied orange. Lush caramel and apricot palate followed by burned-orange notes, toasted hazelnuts and bitter almond. Intense, deep and sweet, yet impeccably balanced. Sensational length. (WS)
About the producer
Situated north of Castellina, on the western side of Chianti Classico, Isole e Olena was created by the De Marchi family in the 1950s and has since become one of the region’s leading names. It is renowned for its top bottling Cepparello, a pure Sangiovese, as well as its brilliant Chardonnay.