"This is the second and final screw-cap-sealed wine in this piece, and it is a year older than the Poggiotondo, and a little darker and spicier, too. It is also slightly more structured and a little drier and crunchier on the finish. You ought to drink this with food, when it comes alive, but I like to assess wine without, so I can see deeper into the core of the flavour, and this is a handsome, swaggering fellow. I know that thousands of fans look no further when they see the name Selvapiana on a wine list, and they would be right to stick to what they know. This is because the reputation forged by this noble estate gives it the right to attract attention and a duty to impress in the glass. It does not fail to reward. You will find countless references to this estate in my many years of writing about wine, and what pleases me more than I can say is that you can still buy this brilliant, hearty, and distinguished Chianti for twenty quid!" Matthew Jukes
