Name: Famiglia Castellani Sangiovese 2019
Variety: Sangiovese
Region: Tuscany
Country: Italy
Year: 2019
Price: $15
Winery Review: "Famiglia Castellani 2019 Sangiovese is fragrant with ripe cherry, cedar spice and minty aromas; the wine is dry, medium-bodied and brilliant on the palate with ripe cherry, spiced plum, fine herbs and vanilla flavours with a toasty oak spice finish. Tannins are velvety. Enjoy this lovely Tuscan red with your favourite lasagne or chicken scarpariello dish." - Natalie Maclean 9/23/2023, 89
Wine Folly: (epub version pg 371) Sangiovese- notes of cherry, roasted tomato, sweet balsamic, oregano, and espresso. It has high acidity, tannins, and body. It is not very sweet. I would have to agree. It is quite full-bodied, the tannins are evident, and it is bitter from the tannins. I don't find a complexity from the tannins in this wine. It smells sweet like cherry, but it is blatantly bitter from start to finish. The aftertaste is similar to espresso and roasted tomato, with the front note being cherry. It recommends decanting, so we aerated the wine with a hand frother.
Personal Review: I would not buy this wine again. I did not like the bitterness. I would have to agree with the wine review- it is dry, spicy, vanilla, and ripe. It smells sweet and has a pleasant beginning, which is in complete contrast to the rest of the taste. There is a vanilla and fruit flavor that holds true throughout the entire experience. Immediately after the sweet follows the tannins with bitterness and acidity. It is quite overwhelming. There is an aftertaste of cherries and vaguely like tomato. Overall, it is very dry and best for cooking or paired with a nice steak. I did not pair this wine with food, and I think it negatively affected the experience.
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