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Mazzei Chianti Classico Riserva Ser Lapo

Red · Chianti Classico · Italia

Mazzei Chianti Classico Riserva Ser Lapo

Scored from 5,740 calibrated Vivino reviewers. Cohort: Red · Italia (235 wines).

Grape · SangioveseMerlot
53.2%
Global percentile
vs. all 69,234 ranked wines
31.6%
In-cohort percentile
Red · Italia · 235 wines
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Is Chianti Classico Riserva Ser Lapo a good wine?

What reviewers say

“Darker than other Sangiovese wines, maybe due to additional 10% Merlot. Named after Ser Lapo Mazzei, an illustrious ancestor considered to be the father of Chianti Classico dating back to 1398.”

From a top-rated Vivino review for this bottle.

Summary

Dark cherry red, a nose of concentrated black berries, tobacco and coffee, meaty, very ample and seamless on the palate, with noble structure and integrated tannins, already well balanced; strong and elegant.

From Chianti Classico in Italy, Mazzei Chianti Classico Riserva Ser Lapo is a red. It blends Sangiovese and Merlot. It sits in the $15–30 band, on a lowest observed 750 ml price of $20.90.

234 other reds from Italy form the cohort it is ranked inside. 5,740 Vivino reviewers are calibrated for this bottle, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 5,879 reviewers with at least two ratings each feeds the raw-average track.

Cohort
Red · Italia · 235 wines
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