Felsina, Chianti Classico Riserva Rancia Vintage:2004 The floral note carries through

The floral note carries through a very long

lemon rind and copious Chablis elements

An impressively broad-ranging nose offers up notes of mineral reduction

An underlying iron accent creeps along throughout

even brooding though with coaxing reveals remarkably complex aromas of a simply incredible panoply of black fruits

Felsina, Chianti Classico Riserva Rancia Vintage:2004 The floral note carries throughThe 2007 Chianti Classico Riserva Rancia is another dazzling wine. This is a vintage of overt, sumptuous fruit and pure sexiness. Despite its richness, the 2007 never loses its sense of structure, but in this vintage the tannins are nearly buried by the huge fruit. Today the 2007 comes across as a hypothetical blend of the 2004 and 2006, with the finesse of the former and the size of the latter. Not a bad combination, to put it mildly. In the glass