Tenuta di Capraia, Chianti Classico, Gran Selezione, Effe 55 2019 ITALY The 1988 Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape

The 1988 Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape (from magnum) was gorgeous and shows the ageability of the wines of this estate and its incredible terroir

indeed it can be held with confidence

I think the age helps mitigate that

floral and lifted

Bright floral and spice notes perk up a core of red cherry and plum fruit in a fine

Tenuta di Capraia, Chianti Classico, Gran Selezione, Effe 55 2019 ITALY The 1988 Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape94 Vinous The 2019 Chianti Classico Effe 55, the estate's Gran Selezione, is plush, silky and super appealing. Sweet pipe tobacco, cedar, dried leaves and exotic spice overtones meld into a core of sweet macerated cherry. Long and persistent, the 2019 is impeccably balanced. Silky tannins round things out in style. 94 Decanter Effe 55 comes from a two hectare northeast facing plot at 550 metres above sea level and includes the estate's oldest vines,