2013 Chianti Classico

Geggiano’s fine Chianti, made in an ancient cellar that hasn’t changed since the Renaissance, is a wine of rustic country beauty. Broad-shouldered, with hearty tannin and acidity and a dark, earthy quality to its fruit, it is a lumberjack wine that can cut through anything a Tuscan table can throw its way—wild game and aged cheeses are personal favorites. Geggiano is just north of Siena, in the southern reaches of the Chianti Classico zone. Its owners, the Bandinelli brothers, thus cast their allegiance with the Sienese rather than the Florentines. –Dixon Brooke

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

• Vintage 2013
• Bottle Size 750mL
• Blend 95% Sangiovese 5% Cabernet Sauvignon
• Appellation Chianti Classico
• Country Italy
• Region Tuscany
• Vineyard 4 - 25 years
• Soil Clay and Limestone and Silt with Galestro rocks
• Winemaker Andrea & Alessandro Boscu Bianchi Bandinelli
• Aging Wine ages for eighteen months in 500-L French oak barrels (10% new), and then in bottle for another three months before release
• Farming Organic
• Alcohol 14%