Tired from too much oak. 2007 Chianti Rampolla

I am happy that some Italian winemakers and others around the world lower the amount of oak during the wine making process. A negative example of too much oak is the 2007 Castello di Rampolla Chianti Classico. This wine had a wall of tannins when young so I waited a few years. With the result that the oak influence got even more obvious. The tannins are a bit rough now and the bouquet is dominated by wood aspects.

I would wish all winemakers are very careful in using new oak. And if new oak plays a role that the barrels are of best quality. This is very often not the case IMO. And the result is drying wood tannins that are absolutely not appealing. Unfortunately I have 6 more bottles of this wine and have no idea what to do with them because there is almost no second market for Chianti Classico in Germany.

I know what you mean Jurgen. To quote Lili: “Let’s face it. I’m tired.”

RT

Yeah – maybe she had a glass of an overoaked/overextracted red wine too :slight_smile:

One or two, no problem. The problem is with thousands of them, again and again. Ain’t it a crying shame. We’re not beavers!

RT