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Monteraponi Chianti Classico Riserva Il Campitello 2020

$10999

A traditional blend of 90% Sangiovese, 7% Canaiolo, and 3% Colorino, built for aging.

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  • If the wine is less than 10 years old and it is corked, you may return it to us for a full refund or exchange within 60 days of purchase. You must show us proof of purchase. We understand that you may not live near a shop and that it is difficult to ship open bottles of wine to us, so if there's any problem feel free to Contact Us and we'll work it out.
  • For wines older than 10 years, the consumer bears the risk of a faulty cork, but we accept returns of older bottles if the wine is faulty as a result of improper storage. Please come by the store or Contact Us if there is a problem.
  • We may, at our discretion and to the extent permitted by law, accept returns of unopened wines within 30 days of purchase if they were properly stored by the purchaser, subject to a 15% re-stocking fee.

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Antonio Galloni

95 points

"The 2020 Chianti Classico Riserva Il Campitello emerges from the oldest vines, planted about 55 years ago. It is also one of the very finest wines I have tasted at Monteraponi. Deep and beautifully layered, the 2020 offers up an exotic mélange of dark fruit mixed with hints of lavender, spice and sage. Time in the glass brings out the wine's striking inner sweetness and perfume. This vivid, explosive Riserva is endowed with tremendous depth and explosive energy. The 2020 spent 24 months in cask." —Antonio Galloni

Robert Parker

94 points

"Packaged in a bottle with a black label, the organic Monteraponi 2020 Chianti Classico Riserva Il Campitello is Sangiovese with smaller parts Canaiolo and Colorino. The vines are older for this wine, reaching 55 years of age, and the soils at Il Campitello site offer an even mix of limestone alberese and schist-clay galestro. These conditions naturally set this wine up for both elegance and structural power, and this warm vintage delivers on both, with perhaps more emphasis on the power. It's a lovely wine from one of the best estates in the appellation." —Monica Larner

Decanter

94 points

"At 420 metres, Il Campitello is one of Monteraponi’s lower sites. The 55-year-old plantings on Galestro-rich clay face southwest, giving grapes with structure suitable for a Riserva. That said, do not expect a robust, brawny wine – this is elegant, midweight and chiselled, with sinewy muscle. It leads with scents of broom and citrus blossom before an earthy timbre of liquorice root and forest shrub takes over. Juicy and vibrant, the palate is replete with tasty raspberries and flows effortlessly with understated concentration, scintillating acidity and mouth-cleansing tannins." —Michaela Morris

Kerin O'Keefe

96 points

"The 2020 Monteraponi 2020 Campitello Riserva is stellar. A blend of 90% Sangiovese, 7% Canaiolo, 3% Colorino – all organically farmed – it has a heady nose recalling ripe berry, forest floor, grilled herb and eucalyptus. On the elegant, structured palate, firm tannins and vibrant acidity underpin juicy red cherry, raspberry, blood orange and hazelnut before a saline close gives it an almost salty finish. Made the firm’s oldest vines planted in the 1950s, it combines concentration, strength and finesse. Just gorgeous." —Kerin O'Keefe

More about Monteraponi

Wine lovers don't often think of Chianti Classico as a region of distinct villages in the way of Burgundy (Vosne vs. Chambolle vs. Volnay) or Piemonte (Barolo vs. Serralunga vs. Barbaresco). But the regions are there and they matter: the purest Chiantis are wines of terroir that express the distinct soils, altitudes, expositions, and microclimates in delicious and fascinating ways.

Monteraponi is a true "insider's" wine from what may well be Chianti's most distinct commune: Radda.

If you need a cheat sheet (and who doesn't like a cheat sheet?) you can call Radda the Chambolle of Chianti. Its higher slopes, cool nights and stony, limestone-rich soils give the wines an aromatic radiance and feeling of transparency that frame the delectable Sangiovese fruit and Chianti Classico muscularity.

Radda should be more famous than it is. It hurts that its most famous wine, Montevertine's "Pergole Torte," is not labeled Chianti (originally it didn't qualify for the appellation because they refused to include white grapes, a requirement at the time). But Monteraponi is part of a new wave of traditionalist Chiantis that are bringing the village new interest.

Monteraponi makes quintessential, traditional Chianti of Radda. Their 12 ha of vines are high up (400-500 meters asl) in rocky soils with plenty of Chianti's classic limestone, alberese. They farm indigenous grapes only, and with minimal inputs. The winemaking is also traditional (fermentation on the ambient yeast in concrete, aging in large, old wood only) but with a contemporary focus on sorting and quality.

We've said it before and we'll say it again, but Chianti Classico offers absolutely blinding value. And it's hard to think of a producer that proves this more clearly than Monteraponi. Delicious wine from a special village in one of the world's great regions that drinks beautifully with food and will age gracefully for decades. If this story were about a Burgundy there'd be an extra digit in the price!

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Sangiovese

  • Vintage

    2020

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Style

    Fruity

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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