2015 Chianti Classico Riserva
$69 (2022)
Italy
Greve, Radda, Gaiole in Chianti (Chianti Classico)
Tuscany
Red
Sangiovese (2022 vintage)
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As usual, I tasted a wide range of wines at Querciabella. Not that I am complaining, as tastings here are so illuminative given the estate’s focus on new Gran Seleziones and the shift in farming and winemaking styles that have defined the last fifteen years or so. The 2022s are strong across the board. “The secret to 2022 was waiting,” Winemaker Manfred Ing opined. “When it rains, people start to panic, they see other people picking, and so they pick too. We brought in our last fruit, Sangiovese from Lamole, on October 11, 7-10 days earlier than 2024, but still on the later side for us.” I also had a chance to taste the 2021 Gran Seleziones. The wines have all shut down after bottling, hardly a surprise for wines from an important year made in a style that seeks vibrancy over opulence. Readers will have to be patient. Last but certainly not least, I was deeply impressed with the 2023 Mongrana, Querciabella’s entry-level offering from the Tuscan coast. Readers in search of a gorgeous, affordable Tuscan red will love it.
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As usual, I tasted a wide range of wines at Querciabella. Not that I am complaining, as tastings here are so illuminative given the estate’s focus on new Gran Seleziones and the shift in farming and winemaking styles that have defined the last fifteen years or so. The 2022s are strong across the board. “The secret to 2022 was waiting,” Winemaker Manfred Ing opined. “When it rains, people start to panic, they see other people picking, and so they pick too. We brought in our last fruit, Sangiovese from Lamole, on October 11, 7-10 days earlier than 2024, but still on the later side for us.” I also had a chance to taste the 2021 Gran Seleziones. The wines have all shut down after bottling, hardly a surprise for wines from an important year made in a style that seeks vibrancy over opulence. Readers will have to be patient. Last but certainly not least, I was deeply impressed with the 2023 Mongrana, Querciabella’s entry-level offering from the Tuscan coast. Readers in search of a gorgeous, affordable Tuscan red will love it.
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2021
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The biggest news at Querciabella this year is that the estate is finally releasing its collection of 100% Sangioveses now that Gran Seleziones can be labeled with their respective UGAs. I have followed those wines for over a decade, but these are the first releases that will make it into the market. Other than that, the house style remains unchanged. Winemaker Manfred Ing prizes freshness and vibrancy in wines that convey the essence of site. Querciabella is distinguished by an approach that deftly marries artisan spirit with a touch of sleekness.
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Readers will find plenty to admire in these wines from Querciabella. The 2021s and 2020s are both typical of their respective vintages. I find the 2021s especially intriguing because of their dynamic energy and textural finesse. It is a late-ripening vintage at Querciabella that yielded seriously impressive wines. The 2020s, on the other hand, are more linear in overall feel. “We did not even start picking Sangiovese until October. Our harvest was about two weeks later than in 2020,” winemaker Manfred Ing explained.
Querciabella continues to push the limits. Experiments with stem inclusion and submerged cap maceration have paid off handsomely here. The 2021 single-village Sangiovese are among the most compelling wines I have tasted here. Proprietor Sebastiano Castiglioni has made these wines for ten years but has not released a single bottle. Perhaps now that the new UGAs have been approved, Castiglioni might change his mind. A ten-year retrospective of those wines would be a pretty incredible tasting.
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Manfred Ing and his team at Querciabella presented a terrific set of wines. The move towards greater energy and vibrancy that started a handful of years ago is evident. It's hard to know where to start, as all of these wines are deserving of a mention. The Mongrana is a superb value, while at the top end, the 2016 Camartina really dazzles. But if I were going to start out with just one wine to explore the estate, it would be the Chianti Classico, a model of understatement and elegance.
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Readers can look forward to a positively stunning set of wines from Querciabella this year and in the near future. Winemaker Manfred Ing and his team continue to fine tune the approach here, but frankly, what comes through most is the tremendous passion behind everything at Querciabella. As for the wines themselves, the 2017s I have tasted so far are promising. It was not an easy year. Frost in May was especially damaging on the lower hillsides and wiped out as much as 60% of the crop in some spots. The 2016s benefit from a very even growing season. That effortless grace comes through in majestic, soaring wines that are likely to become benchmarks here. In 2015, canopy management and then gentle extractions in the winery were the key to getting most out of the fruit in a very warm vintage. Judging by the wines, it certainly looks like Ing and his team are making all the right moves.
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This is a terrific set of wines from Querciabella and winemaker Manfred Ing. The flagship Camartina and Palafreno, both from the 2013 vintage are stellar. These days, I find almost as much pleasure in the Chianti Classico, a wine that delivers serious quality and pedigree for the money. I also had a chance to taste the 2016 and 2015 single-vineyard Sangioveses, wines that won’t be released for some time. The 2016s are of course very young, but they have tremendous color and aromatic intensity, while the 2015s exude density while also remaining faithful to their origins. Proprietor Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni deserves all the credit in the world for putting together the team to execute on his vision for making world-class wines that are aligned with his broader philosophical goals of sustainability. These wines are simply gorgeous. That’s all there is to it.
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This is another strong set of wines from Querciabella. Tasting through the 2013s, 2014s and 2015s, I am reminded of just how dramatically different the wines are today compared to just a few years ago, when international grapes, French oak and a generally more extracted style was in favor. Given the challenges of both 2013 and 2014, both late-ripening years, these are terrific wines. In 2014, Querciabella will release a small amount of Chianti Classico Riserva, but no single-vineyard wines. The 2015 single-vineyard wines I tasted from barrel point to a much stronger vintage. Incidentally, Querciabella has not yet released any of the single-vineyard Sangioveses I have reviewed previously, but it looks like the first of those wines will see the light of day in 2017.
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I was super-impressed with the wines I tasted at Querciabella this year. Kudos to proprietor Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni, who has spared no expense in meaningfully raising the bar at Querciabella, especially over the last few years. Two thousand thirteen yielded a bevy of strong wines, from the sublime Chianti Classico Querciabella to the new single-village Sangioveses. Castiglioni has been an ardent opponent of the Gran Selezione and the politics that are necessarily a part of getting things done in Italy, but it now appears possible the 2013 Sangioveses may be released as Gran Seleziones if the villages of origin can be included on the labels. That would be a huge change in position for a man who is not shy about expressing his views on everything from wine to animal rights.
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