Barone Ricasoli Castello di Brolio Chianti Classico 2015 vs Santenay Premier Cru 'La Maladière' Vieilles Vignes Rouge, Domaine Benoit Girardin 2022
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £41.00 | £41.00 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Barone Ricasoli | Domaine Benoit Girardin |
| Style | Red | Red |
| Grape | Sangiovese Cabernet Sauvignon Petit Verdot | Pinot Noir |
| Region | Tuscany | — |
| Country | Italy | — |
| ABV | 14% | — |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
| Where to buy |
Barone Ricasoli Castello di Brolio Chianti Classico 2015
The wine displays a wonderfully aromatic and complex bouquet, leading to a palate filled with chocolate and spices. The tannins are fine and elegant and the finish smoky and lingering.
Santenay Premier Cru 'La Maladière' Vieilles Vignes Rouge, Domaine Benoit Girardin 2022
"More limestone soils give elegance and finesse to this wine which has a lightly smoky nose, full of raspberries, cocoa, and dark earth. The palate offers spicy red plums and cherries, bound by linear, herbal tea tannins, and a refreshing phenolic bitterness on the finish. Sinuous and sapid this should develop well over the next five+ years." Tom Harrow, Head Wine Guru Benoît Girardin is one of the most exciting new names to hit our list and already turning heads in France. The Girardin family boasts 13 generations of winemaking, and after years under his father Yves’ acclaimed domaine, Benoît launched his own label in 2020 with 8 hectares of prime vineyards across top Burgundy sites, including Chassagne-Montrachet, Meursault and Pommard. On paper, the winemaking is classic and restrained — but in the glass, the wines are electric. They’re refined, silky and far more sophisticated than you’d expect at this stage of the domaine’s journey. This is the moment to get these wines in the cellar while pricing and availability are still friendly — they won’t stay under the radar for long.
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