The 2016 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione is a powerful, super-concentrated wine. Super-ripe black cherry, bittersweet chocolate, spice, new leather, licorice and espresso are all kicked up a few notches. This is an especially dense, extracted style. I find the 2016 a bit over the top for Chianti Classico.

Aromas of game, blue flowers, leather and damp underbrush lead the nose. The extracted palate offers prune, licorice and roasted coffee bean alongside a hint of rusty nail. Grainy tannins leave an assertive, astringent close.