Italy

Chianti Classico

Medium

Natural Cork

Riserva

This is a vintage for the lovers of classics. After a warm summer with the right amount of rainfall at the end, harvest time occurred after the end of September increasing the complexity and phenolic ripeness of the grapes. The blend is the traditional 95% Sangiovese and 5% Merlot with 24 months ageing in barriques. Despite the pale ruby with garnet rim colour, it could seem like a Bordeaux on the nose due to leather and cedar wood aromas alongside violet and minty notes, yet the sour cherry flavour with chalky tannins brings it back to Gallo Nero (Chianti’s ‘black rooster’ in Italian).

Merlot

Sangiovese

Nittardi, Riserva, Chianti Classico, Tuscany, Italy, 1999

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This is a vintage for the lovers of classics. After a warm summer with the right amount of rainfall at the end, harvest time occ

Nittardi, Chianti Classico Riserva 1999

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