Poggio al Sole, Casasilia, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione, 2014

The Davaz family has been making wine in Switzerland since the early 1970s. In 1990, winemakers Kathrin and Johannes Davaz acquired Poggio al Sole, nestled between the towns of Tavarnelle Val di Pesa and Greve in Chianti. They produce 9,500 bottles of this wine, aged in old and new French oak barrels for a minimum of 18 months. Andrea Briccarello: Earthy and spicy scents upfront, flowing onto a palate of great concentration and savouriness that gives the wine complexity and structure. Very elegant, with poised fruits and round tannins. A well balanced wine with plenty of generous fruit. Susan Hulme MW: Warm spice notes to the fore; faded rose tones in the background. Nutmeg spice is subtly integrated and harmonious. Very appealing texture and weight, an understated, elegant style with a lingering finish. Andrew Jefford: Sweet, graceful and pure, with soft incense notes qualifying the ripe black and red fruits. Understated but very attractive. Mellow yet vivid, fresh yet fleshy: another Gran Selezione of assured quality and ample drinking pleasure. For soft charm, this is hard to beat.