Tenuta di Capraia, Chianti Classico, Gran Selezione, Effe 55 2019 ITALY gracious Cabernet Sauvignon that combines

gracious Cabernet Sauvignon that combines finesse with intensity

blueberry and smoke

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

The richer of the two bottlings

Tenuta di Capraia, Chianti Classico, Gran Selezione, Effe 55 2019 ITALY gracious Cabernet Sauvignon that combines94 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,