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Cousin, Cugino
Niellucciu, Sangiovese

Cousin, Cugino
Niellucciu, Sangiovese

by Chris Santini by Chris Santini

6-Bottle Sampler 6-Bottle Sampler

Cousin, Cugino
Niellucciu, Sangiovese

Cousin, Cugino
Niellucciu, Sangiovese

$230.00 $288.00
$230.00 $288.00
$230.00 $288.00
AT CART MAX

$230.00 $288.00
$230.00 $288.00
$230.00 $288.00
AT CART MAX
Normally $288.00
SPECIAL SAMPLER PRICE $230.00
(a 20% discount)

This item does not take further discounts

A Corsican once told me about the first time she found herself in Tuscany, and the surprise and joy she had in discovering what felt like a land of long-lost cousins, where not only the local dialect was nearly identical, but the culture and lifestyle, too. Tuscany and Corsica, separated by only about fifty miles of sea, also share Sangiovese, or Niellucciu, depending on whom you ask (a Mediterranean version of potato/potahto, you could say). We’ve put them together in one place for you.
     The Tuscan samplings here tend toward aged elegance with herbal notes, while the Corsicans have a youthful, juicy, sun-packed-in-a-bottle flamboyance to them. You’ll enjoy savoring these cousins side by side, to compare, for example, the violets and melted tannins of Castagnoli’s Chianti to the bright cherry and pepper notes of Giacometti’s Patrimonio. Or Ferretti’s voluminous and velvety Brunello to Leccia’s dark, voluptuous E Croce. Geggiano’s Riserva is an elder statesman of a wine, bursting with notes of old-growth Tuscan beech forest and fresh tobacco, a perfect foil to Arena’s captivating, licorice-infused Carco masterpiece. All of them, however, long dearly for a thick-cut, bone-in, salt-rubbed steak, charred on glowing coals. Do not let them down!

Sampler Includes:

2020 Chianti Classico • Castagnoli  $29.00   
2019 Chianti Classico Riserva • Villa di Geggiano  $54.00   
2017 Brunello di Montalcino • Ferretti Roberto  $88.00   
2021 Patrimonio Rouge “Cru des Agriate” • Domaine Giacometti  $26.00   
2022 Ile de Beaute Rouge “E Croce” • Yves Leccia  $44.00   
2021 Patrimonio Rouge “Carco” • Antoine-Marie Arena  $47.00   

$230.00 $288.00
$230.00 $288.00
$230.00 $288.00
AT CART MAX
Normally $288.00
SPECIAL SAMPLER PRICE $230.00
(a 20% discount)
Inspiring Thirst

I want you to realize once and for all: Even the winemaker does not know what aging is going to do to a new vintage; Robert Parker does not know; I do not know. We all make educated (hopefully) guesses about what the future will bring, but guesses they are. And one of the pleasures of a wine cellar is the opportunity it provides for you to witness the evolution of your various selections. Living wines have ups and downs just as people do, periods of glory and dog days, too. If wine did not remind me of real life, I would not care about it so much.

Inspiring Thirst, page 171

$230.00 $288.00
$230.00 $288.00
$230.00 $288.00
AT CART MAX