Astrale Chianti Riserva 2021
- 91
- $40
- Drink by: 2025-2030
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A wine with time on its mind. The term, Riserva, indicates extended time in oak (two years, by law) and, on tasting, Astrale wouldn’t say no to more cellaring time. Or, if opening soon, give your glass a few good swishes of air to release its full, inner Sangiovese savouriness. Shows an earthy sheen of briar, twig, undergrowth and crushed herbs against ripe, black berries and red fruits with dark earthy tannins cutting a straight line across the palate. Structure is firm and acidity lends added freshness to the generous black and red fruits, spice and herbs. Opens up well with air.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
