Chianti
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Chianti is one of Tuscany's most storied Italian red wine regions, built around the Sangiovese grape across a landscape of limestone-and-clay hillsides between Florence and Siena. The Chianti Classico zone sits at the geographic heart, where altitude and galestro soils temper the Tuscan heat and produce wines with firm acidity and earthy complexity. Gran Selezione, the appellation's highest tier, demands single-vineyard sourcing and extended aging, represented here by Tenuta di Arceno, Villa Trasqua, and Castello di Querceto. Chianti Rufina, a distinct sub-zone northeast of Florence, adds another dimension, as demonstrated by Frescobaldi's Nipozzano Riserva, a producer with roots in the region dating to the fourteenth century. Querciabella and Volpaia anchor the more accessible Classico tier, while Monteraponi reflects the appellation's growing focus on terroir-driven, minimally interventionist winemaking.
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Chianti is one of Tuscany's most storied Italian red wine regions, built around the Sangiovese grape across a landscape of limestone-and-clay hillsides between Florence and Siena. The Chianti Classico zone sits at the geographic heart, where altitude and galestro soils temper the Tuscan heat and produce wines with firm acidity and earthy complexity. Gran Selezione, the appellation's highest tier, demands single-vineyard sourcing and extended aging, represented here by Tenuta di Arceno, Villa Trasqua, and Castello di Querceto. Chianti Rufina, a distinct sub-zone northeast of Florence, adds another dimension, as demonstrated by Frescobaldi's Nipozzano Riserva, a producer with roots in the region dating to the fourteenth century. Querciabella and Volpaia anchor the more accessible Classico tier, while Monteraponi reflects the appellation's growing focus on terroir-driven, minimally interventionist winemaking.
