Monteraponi

Chianti Classico, Riserva, Il Campitello, 2018

Name: Chianti Classico, Riserva, Il Campitello
Brand: Monteraponi
Price: 288.23 GBP

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2018
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£288.23
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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

The oldest vineyard at Monteraponi, Campitello is perched at 440metres above sea level, separated from the estate’s highest vineyard by a forest. It’s water retentive clay soils yield a very fresh, complex and well-structured wine. Sangiovese is the key component, with Canaiolo and Colorino making up 10% of the blend. After a natural, spontaneous fermentation in concrete, follows a long 40 day maceration, prior to ageing in large French and Slavonian casks for at least 24 months. The 2018 is Very expressive and engaging, a really juicy, sun-ripened red berry fruit character mixed with spice, cool earth and balsamic notes; hugely appealing and generous already, at this early stage, whilst boasting a fair degree of sophistication too. Impeccably balanced, there is classic Monteraponi radiance and energy here, to add to that sumptuous, glowing ripe fruit. A Tuscan beauty.

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When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of upmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

Further Reassurance

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

94/100

Antonio Galloni,

Vinous

The 2018 Chianti Classico Riserva Il Campitello is one of the best wines I have ever tasted from Monteraponi. The bouquet alone is striking. The 2018 is not a huge wine, but it impresses with its aromatic presence, drive and energy as it blossoms with a bit of air. Black cherry, rose petal, lavender, menthol, spice, tobacco and earthy nuances all come together beautifully. I imagine the 2018 will offer many years of exceptional drinking.

drinking window 2023 - 2038

date of review 09/2021

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.