A host of 2006 Tuscans

Below are two large collections of tasting notes on some of the most food-friendly wines in the world, the first Chianti Classico 2006 Riservas and the second assorted 2006 Tuscan reds. The overall quality of wines is pretty high – and bodes well for the 2007s, which many producers believe are even better than their 2006s.

CHIANTI CLASSICO 2006 RISERVAS

The following tasting notes, arranged in alphabetical order by producer (sur)name ignoring such words as Il, La, Le, Castello and Villa, were mainly written by Walter Speller (WS) at the Collezione tasting of Chianti Classicos in Florence last month, but...