Ruffino Riserva Ducale Oro | Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2018 / 750 ml.

Item#: 53231

JS9494 pts. - JamesSuckling.com - Monday, July 4, 2022
Black-cherry and cola aromas with hints of toasted oak. Medium-bodied with firm tannins and a tight, linear finish. Hints of mushrooms and cedar. Drink or hold. (James Suckling)
SP9191 pts. - Wine Spectator - Oct 31, 2022
Round and juicy, this red delivers black cherry, plum, tobacco and iron flavors, with a light smoky undertone. Fluid and harmonious, with solid tannins lining the long finish. Drink now through 2028. 20,800 cases made. (Bruce Sanderson)

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Primary Grape: Sangiovese | All Grapes: Sangiovese, Merlot

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Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico

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JS94 94 pts. / JamesSuckling.com (Monday, July 4, 2022)

Black-cherry and cola aromas with hints of toasted oak. Medium-bodied with firm tannins and a tight, linear finish. Hints of mushrooms and cedar. Drink or hold. (James Suckling)

SP91 91 pts. / Wine Spectator (Oct 31, 2022)

Round and juicy, this red delivers black cherry, plum, tobacco and iron flavors, with a light smoky undertone. Fluid and harmonious, with solid tannins lining the long finish. Drink now through 2028. 20,800 cases made. (Bruce Sanderson)

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Region / Tuscany

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There are few regions as picturesque as Italy's Tuscany. And there are few regions that produce finer wines, either. Tuscany is home to legendary wine regions Brunello di Montalcino and Chianti, among others, where the red wine grape Sangiovese is king. It's also home to "Super Tuscans," a category of Tuscan wines that don't officially fall within the Italian wine classification system.

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Italy is famous for its powerful, sleek, and elegant reds wines from ancient growing areas with legendary names such as Chianti, Barolo, Barbaresco, Montepulciano. Italian white wines are also gaining popularity: Orvieto, Pinot Grigio, and Sauvignon are excellent examples of Italian white wines.

Wines of Italy are complex and flavorful, much like the culture that is their source and the cuisine that is their match.

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SKU 53231
Product Type Wine
Alternate Name Ruffino Riserva Ducale Oro
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Product Location - Location-Appellation Chianti Classico
Package Size 750 ml.
Proof/Alcohol by Volume 14.5%
Brand Ruffino
Bottles per Case 12
Vintage 2018
Can it be Shipped Yes
Premier Pick No
Wine Type Table Wine
Wine - Color Red
Grape(s) Sangiovese, Merlot
Primary Grape Sangiovese
Dollar Sale (Y/N) No
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Castello di Ama Montebuoni | Chianti Classico Riserva 2018 / 750 ml.

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WE9595 pts. - Wine Enthusiast - 9/1/2021
Delicious and elegantly structured, this opens with alluring aromas of fragrant blue flower, black-skinned fruit, eucalyptus and espresso. On the savory, focused palate, bright acidity and lithe, fine-grained tannins accompany juicy black cherry, mocha, licorice and crushed mint. Drink through 2028.
VN9393 pts. - Vinous - Sep 2021
A new wine in this range, the 2018 Chianti Classico Riserva Montebuoni is effusive, deep and powerful. Black cherry, plum, spice, leather and dried herbs all open in the glass. Bright saline notes extend the finish nicely. The 2018 offers a compelling balance of fruit richness and energy. (Antonio Galloni)
RP9393 pts. - Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate - 7th Oct 2021
Here’s an exciting discovery from Castello di Ama. An inaugural vintage, the 2018 Chianti Classico Riserva Montebuoni sources its fruit from a vineyard site planted next to the celebrated Bellavista parcel in 1997. Showing a classic Tuscan spirt that is playful and mischievous, this wine is beautiful and bright with loads of ripe and soft fruit flavors, spanning from cherry to plum and violets to potting soil. The wine is medium-bodied and lean, but it shows enough intensity and freshness to make a really nice and lasting impact on the palate. I can recommend a solid 10-year drinking window for this cheerful bottle.
SP9191 pts. - Wine Spectator - Aug 31, 2021
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Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico

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Primary Grape: Sangiovese

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JS9292 pts. - JamesSuckling.com - Tuesday, October 27, 2020
A tight, linear red with plums and hints of walnuts and herbs. Some bark, too. Medium-bodied, tight and juicy with a chewy undertone. Some orange peel. Slightly austere now, but a lovely foil to food. Drink or hold. (James Suckling)
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Italy | Tuscany | Chianti Classico

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Primary Grape: Sangiovese

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RP8888 pts. - Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate - 17th Feb 2022
Here’s a sample that has not been reviewed by this publication in a long while, or decades really. Packaged with a retro-looking black label and a bold red font, the Fattoria dei Barbi 2018 Brusco dei Barbi is made with Sangiovese. Actually, the technical sheet reads “mostly” Sangiovese, and I imagine the other blending components to be complementary Tuscan indigenous grapes. The wine is initially shy, but with some effort, you get dark fruit, blackcurrant and wild rose. The 2018 vintage is not big on intensity, and to the palate, this mid-weight red offers good freshness. Interestingly, this wine was created as the result of fermentation experiments by Giovanni Colombini in the 1960s and 1970s. (Monica Larner)
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Borgo Scopeto Borgonero 2018 / 750 ml.

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Item #: 39217

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Italy | Tuscany | Toscana

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Primary Grape: Sangiovese

$24.99

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VN9393 pts. - Vinous - Dec 2022
The 2018 Brunello di Montalcino keeps me coming back to the glass to take in its pretty bouquet of dusty florals, exotic spices and dried strawberries. This is like pure silk on the palate, seamless and supple, with depths of dark red fruit and mineral tones that add a more tactile feel toward the close. Balsam herbs, cedar and tobacco all resonate throughout the long and dramatic finale, as fine tannins frame the experience with youthful poise. As is often the case, Casanova di Neri is a master at creating one of the region’s most balanced and enjoyable “entry-level” Brunellos. (Eric Guido)
JS9292 pts. - JamesSuckling.com - Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Lots of clean cherry and plummy character to the nose and palate. Medium- to full-bodied with dense, chewy tannins and a long finish. Lovely freshness of fruit here, but give the tannins a year or two to sink in. 40th anniversary bottling. Best from 2024.
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