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Santa Margherita Chianti Classico 2020 Wine Review

Santa Margherita Chianti Classico 2020

Santa Margherita Chianti Classico 2020

Tuscany D.O.C.G., Italy

Community Score:90/100

Community Reviews: 3

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Price: $33.95

Drink: 2024-2028

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 13.5%

Sweetness: Dry

Wine Type: Red Wine


Winery: Santa Margherita

Agent: Philippe Dandurand Wines Ltd.

Natalie's Score: 90/100

Santa Margherita 2020 Chianti Classico is a classic classico, rich with enticing aromas of ripe dark cherry, earthy violets, dried herbs, vanilla, tar notes and well-integrated oak spice flavours plushy and concentrated on the palate. From the producers of many beautiful Italian white wines, and particularly well-known for their Santa Margherita Pinot Grigios, comes this beautifully rich and generous Sangiovese red made for your best juicy tomato sauce and meat pasta dish.

Chianti Classico food pairings: meat lovers pizza, pasta in tomato sauce, breaded veal cutlets, roast duck.

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This Santa Margherita Chianti Classico 2020 was reviewed on March 16, 2024 by Natalie MacLean

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Reviews and Ratings

Matt Steeves - Certified Sommelier rated this wine as 90/100 with the following review:

As autumn approaches, it's the perfect time to enjoy more Chianti Classico, such as Santa Margherita Chianti Classico, a broadly appealing wine that celebrates the Sangiovese varietal and pairs exceptionally well with hearty autumn and winter dishes.

Santa Margherita's Chianti Classico offers a delicious, consistent benchmark Chianti experience with each vintage, showing the great style of wine they produce in the heart of Italy's Tuscany region. Dark cherry, plum, sweet spices, dried flowers, graphite and subtle earthy notes on the nose and palate. Dry with fine integrated tannins, enjoy this well balanced, refreshing, value-priced Chianti Classico with braised beef or lamb, spaghetti bolognese, Tuscan sausages with fennel, or wood-fired pizza. Decant 30+ minutes and enjoy over the next five years.

Tasted September 2023. 90 points. Matt Steeves - www.quercusvino.ca
Santa Margherita 2020 Chianti Classico is a classic, dry, medium-bodied Chianti Classico generous and zesty with ripe dark cherry, earthy violets, vanilla, savoury herbs and toasty oak spice flavours rich on the palate. Food versatile and balanced with fresh acidity to take on the meatiest lasagne or pizza. - Community Wine Reviews

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