Overachieving Chianti Classico | Le Cinciole 2016
Overachieving Chianti Classico | Le Cinciole 2016
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In 1991 Luca and Valeria Orsini left their jobs in Milan to make wine in Tuscany. Their estate includes 10 hectares of southeast facing vineyards in Panzano and the wines have been certified organic from 2000. A standout 2016 annata, this is discreet with understated scents of cherry blossom, heather and rose. The palate is decidedly red fruited with currants and raspberry embraced by finely textured, powdery persistent tannins. It has beautiful energy and above all allows Sangiovese's true charms to shine through.In Bond£100.00


Panzano, in the heart of the Chianti Classico region, is well known to Cru customers as the home to one of our favourite producers in Italy, Fontodi, but an estate making equally as beguiling wine in the region is Le Cinciole.
Founded in 1991, when Luca and Valeria Orsini left their...
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