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Chianti Classico

Chianti Classico

Chianti Classico is one of the most famous enological symbols of Tuscany, a red wine born in the ancient territory where historically the best wines of the region were produced. This area is identified with the provinces of Florence and Siena and includes 9 municipalities with unique characteristics. Obtained mainly from Sangiovese grapes, it is versatile and generous, equipped with complexity and depth, with spicy tones and a pleasant persistence. The distinctive symbol that has always identified the bottles of this type is the mark of the Gallo Nero, symbol of the ancient Military League of the area, reproduced by the painter Giorgio Vasari on the ceiling of the Salone dei Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. In this case, it is evident how art, culture and tradition combine to give life to important and high quality wine expressions, fascinating and rich in history.

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Chianti Classico Riserva 'Poggio Teo' Valiano 2021
Valiano - Piccini
2021 | 75 cl / 15% | Toscana (Italy)
22,50 
22,50 
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Chianti Classico Magnum Tenuta di Carleone 2022
3/3
Gambero Rosso
Tenuta di Carleone
2022 | 150 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
75,00 
75,00 
Chianti Classico 'Fontalpino' Carpineta Fontalpino 2021
Carpineta Fontalpino
2021 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
20,50 
20,50 
Only 3 left!
Chianti Classico Riserva 'IN Castell'in Villa' Castell'in Villa 2016
3/3
Gambero Rosso
Castell'in Villa
2016 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
390,00 
390,00 
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Chianti Classico 'Peppoli' Antinori 2023
92/100
James Suckling
91/100
Veronelli
Antinori
2023 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
15,20 
15,20 
Chianti Classico Fattoria Pomona 2022
3/3
Gambero Rosso
Fattoria Pomona
2022 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
20,50 
20,50 
Chianti Classico Riserva Castello d'Albola 2021
90/100
James Suckling
3/3
Gambero Rosso
90/100
Veronelli
Castello d'Albola
2021 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
23,50 
23,50 
Chianti Classico 'Peppoli' Antinori 2023 - 37.5cl
90/100
Robert Parker
91/100
Veronelli
92/100
James Suckling
Antinori
2023 | / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
10,30 
10,30 
Chianti Classico Badia a Coltibuono 2022
89/100
Veronelli
4/5
Bibenda
3/4
Vitae AIS
Badia a Coltibuono
2022 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
19,00 
19,00 
Chianti Classico Riecine 2023
4/5
Bibenda
93/100
James Suckling
89/100
Robert Parker
Riecine
2023 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
26,00 
26,00 
Chianti Classico Riserva 'Marchese Antinori' Tenuta Tignanello - Antin
4/5
Bibenda
3/4
Vitae AIS
93/100
Veronelli
Antinori
2022 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
35,40 
35,40 
Chianti Classico Riserva Castello di Monsanto 2021
88/100
Robert Parker
4/5
Bibenda
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Castello di Monsanto
2021 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
26,50 
26,50 
Chianti Classico L'Erta di Radda 2022
3/3
Gambero Rosso
L'Erta di Radda
2022 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
20,50 
20,50 
Chianti Classico 'Fiasco' Buondonno 2022 - 100cl
Buondonno
2022 | 100 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
29,30 
29,30 
Chianti Classico 'Ama' Castello di Ama 2022
91/100
Robert Parker
3/3
Gambero Rosso
Castello di Ama
2022 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
26,90 
26,90 
Chianti Classico Castello dei Rampolla 2021
93/100
Robert Parker
Castello dei Rampolla
2021 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
25,00 
25,00 
Chianti Classico Castell'in Villa 2019
3/3
Gambero Rosso
Castell'in Villa
2019 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
32,00 
32,00 
Chianti Classico Brancaia 2022
4/5
Bibenda
93/100
James Suckling
91/100
Robert Parker
Brancaia
2022 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
17,70 
17,70 
Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 'San Lorenzo' Castello di Ama 2021
4/5
Bibenda
97/100
James Suckling
95/100
Robert Parker
Castello di Ama
2021 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
60,00 
60,00 
Chianti Classico Riserva Brancaia 2021
2/3
Gambero Rosso
94/100
James Suckling
4/4
Vitae AIS
Brancaia
2021 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
27,50 
27,50 
Chianti Classico Riserva Badia a Coltibuono 2019
4/5
Bibenda
90/100
Veronelli
4/4
Vitae AIS
Badia a Coltibuono
2019 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
29,00 
29,00 
Chianti Classico Borgo Salcetino 2021
4/5
Bibenda
88/100
Veronelli
87/100
Robert Parker
Borgo Salcetino
2021 | 75 cl / 13% | Toscana (Italy)
14,00 
14,00 
Chianti Classico Riserva 'Rocca Guicciarda' Ricasoli 2021
92/100
James Suckling
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Ricasoli 1141
2021 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
21,00 
21,00 
Chianti Classico Lamole I Fabbri 2022
3/3
Gambero Rosso
I Fabbri
2022 | 75 cl / 13% | Toscana (Italy)
25,00 
25,00 
Chianti Classico Castello d'Albola 2023
88/100
Veronelli
Castello d'Albola
2023 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
13,50 €12,20 
12,20 
Chianti Classico Riserva 'Montebuoni' Castello di Ama 2021
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Castello di Ama
2021 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
41,00 
41,00 
Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 'Castello di Brolio' Ricasoli 2021
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Ricasoli 1141
2021 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Toscana (Italy)
49,50 
49,50 
Chianti Classico Caparsa 2020
2/3
Slowine
Caparsa
2020 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
31,00 
31,00 
Chianti Classico Riserva 'Il Poggiale' Castellare di Castellina 2022
92/100
Veronelli
93/100
James Suckling
3/4
Vitae AIS
Castellare di Castellina
2022 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Toscana (Italy)
39,90 
39,90 
Chianti Classico Poggio Scalette 2022
90/100
Veronelli
4/5
Bibenda
92/100
James Suckling
Podere Poggio Scalette
2022 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
17,90 
17,90 
Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 'Vigna del Sorbo' Fontodi 2020
2/3
Gambero Rosso
5/5
Bibenda
93/100
Veronelli
Fontodi
2020 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Toscana (Italy)
69,00 
69,00 
Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 'Colledilà' Ricasoli 2021
95/100
Robert Parker
97/100
James Suckling
96/100
Veronelli
Ricasoli 1141
2021 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
64,00 
64,00 
Chianti Classico Riserva 'Il Grigio' San Felice 2021
91/100
Veronelli
San Felice
2021 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
19,50 
19,50 
Chianti Classico 'Poggio Teo' Valiano 2021
Valiano - Piccini
2021 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
14,90 
14,90 
Chianti Classico Isole e Olena 2020 - 37.5cl
4/5
Bibenda
90/100
Veronelli
2/3
Gambero Rosso
Isole e Olena
2020 | 5 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
18,50 
18,50 
Chianti Classico 'Argenina' Podere il Palazzino 2020
Podere il Palazzino
2020 | 75 cl / 14.5% | Toscana (Italy)
22,00 
22,00 
Chianti Classico Riserva 'Petri' Castello di Vicchiomaggio 2021
2/3
Gambero Rosso
4/5
Bibenda
3/4
Vitae AIS
Castello di Vicchiomaggio
2021 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
24,50 
24,50 
Chianti Classico Valiano 2021
Valiano - Piccini
2021 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
12,00 
12,00 
Chianti Superiore 'Collezione Oro' Piccini 2023
Piccini
2023 | 75 cl / 13% | Toscana (Italy)
6,20 
6,20 
Chianti Classico 'Filetta di Lamole' Fontodi 2021
92/100
Robert Parker
3/4
Vitae AIS
93/100
James Suckling
Fontodi
2021 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
30,50 
30,50 
Chianti Classico 'Brolio Riserva' Ricasoli 2021
92/100
Veronelli
91/100
James Suckling
89/100
Robert Parker
Ricasoli 1141
2021 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
24,90 
24,90 
Chianti Classico Tenuta di Carleone 2022
3/3
Gambero Rosso
Tenuta di Carleone
2022 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
28,90 
28,90 
Chianti Classico 'Brolio' Ricasoli 2022
89/100
Veronelli
91/100
James Suckling
90/100
Robert Parker
Ricasoli 1141
2022 | 75 cl / 14% | Toscana (Italy)
16,00 
16,00 
Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 'Il Grigio' San Felice 2020
94/100
James Suckling
92/100
Veronelli
San Felice
2020 | 75 cl / 13.5% | Toscana (Italy)
36,00 
36,00 

The History of Chianti Classico DOCG

The history of Chianti Classico is ancient and intimately linked to a historic production area. It is enough to think that as early as 1716 the Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo III de' Medici issued a proclamation to define the most suitable wine-growing area for its production. This official act testifies to the fact that the area was the first wine-growing area in the world to be defined by law. This proclamation, entitled Sopra la Dichiarazione de' Confini delle quattro regioni Chianti, Pomino, Carmignano e Valdarno di Sopra, identified a production area worthy of protection and established a supervisory body to oversee production, shipping and control against fraud.

The great success of Tuscan wine production led to the need to protect and enhance the best expressions. For this reason, a "Consortium" was founded on the 14th of May 1924 to defend this magnificent product of the Tuscan lands. Its identifying mark was immediately the Gallo Nero, or black rooster, the historical symbol of the Military League, born from a local myth. The legend tells of how Florence and Siena, in order to put an end to their rivalry, wanted to establish the borders of their respective territories.

Unable to reach an agreement, they decided to challenge each other in a race: at dawn, as the cockerel crowed, a horseman would leave Florence and Siena, and the point at which they met would determine the border between the two republics. The Florentines adopted a strategy: they kept their black cockerel fasting to make it crow before sunrise, thus allowing their horseman to leave earlier and travel further.

In 1967, the mention Classico was definitively allowed in the production regulations for Chianti, which became an autonomous DOCG in 1996. This is a type of wine that can boast a history of more than 300 years and is one of the most famous in the world.



The Production Regulations

The first regulation that admitted the existence of the name Classico Chianti was a DOC in 1967, later replaced by a DOCG in 1984 and, finally, by an autonomous regulation in 1996, definitively aimed at the maximum protection and enhancement of the historic production area, limited to only 9 municipalities in the provinces of Florence and Siena, all in the same area that gave its name to Chianti Classico wine.

The best bottles are made from at least 80% Sangiovese grapes, with the possible addition of other red grapes, both native and international. Suitable vineyards are those located at an altitude of no more than 700 metres above sea level, cultivated with Guyot, Tuscan arch or spurred cordon training systems.

They can only be marketed from the 1st of October of the year following the harvest. Chianti Classico with the Riserva designation can only be released for consumption after 24 months of ageing, while the Gran Selezione labels must be aged for at least 30 months. The latter version occupies the highest position in the pyramid of this variety.

The Gallo Nero symbol, issued by the dedicated Consortium, distinguishes all the bottles that reflect this specification and therefore identify themselves with the historic production territory.



Food Pairings

Chianti Classico wines have a fairly intense ruby red colour, with more intense tones that tend towards garnet with ageing in the Riserva and Gran Selezione versions. The aromas are usually intense and distinctive, often leaning towards evolved and persistent notes. On the palate they are dry, fresh, savoury and with subtle and enveloping tannins, characteristics that are exalted in the best products such as those of Chianti Classico Antinori, perhaps the most famous winery that produces this fantastic product.

In order to taste the full-bodied and important expressions at their best, it is advisable to open the bottle a few hours beforehand and to use a tulip-shaped glass of good size. The recommended serving temperature is 16°-18°C.

The younger, less demanding versions are always very pleasant to drink and go very well with white meat and grilled meat dishes, typical Tuscan soups and cheeses of all kinds. The more important and structured versions, on the other hand, are a perfect accompaniment for more savoury dishes: game, roasts, stews and braised meats and very mature cheeses. However, the most classic and traditional combination is unique and famous, and has become a great international certainty: the Florentine steak.

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