The red wine Chianti Classico Riserva Il Poggio, vintage 1971 from the winery Castello di Monsanto has been rated in 2005 with 87 Falstaff points. It is a wine made from the grape variety Sangiovese from the region Chianti classico in Italy.
Tasting Notes
Sparkling garnet with a slight orange rim; sweet onion at the beginning, some tobacco, meat, glutamate, then sweet cherry; round, polished, very fine tannins, delicate sweet fruit in the finish, after currants, surprisingly fresh, acidic in the finish.
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