Sangiovese with 10% Merlot, aged 12 months in 800 gallon casks; south-facing vineyards on sandstone and clay at 1,300–1,800 feet; 13.5 % alc. Lively and lyrical, this wine’s personality gestures toward delicacy without abandoning Chianti’s firm, angular, bitter-tuned orbit. The wine hovers between Tuesday-table convivial and meditative/ascetic. No modernist polish, just gently expressive movement and restraint. The first inhale brings pretty, high-toned florals—violet and a whisper of rose—that lift a plume of fresh strawberry. The typical dusty aromas of Chianti take a back seat to tea leaf that emerges as the violet recedes. With aeration, the background becomes more prominent with baking spice drifting in, a fine orange-peel zest sketching the rim of the aroma plume. The aromatic register is pitched toward light and luminous rather than rich and round. Yet the aromas have real intensity. The wine speaks softly but not faintly. On the palate the initial movement is vertical.…
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