Chianti Classico Porcacciamiseria
2020
$200.11*
Out of stock
Jurij Fiore is best known for the wines he has made alongside his father, Vittore, for years at the family’s Poggio Scalette property in the Greve village of Chianti Classico. Several years ago, Jurij started restoring old vineyards in Lamole, one of the newly appointed UGA’s (Unità Geografiche Aggiuntive, or Additional Geographical Units) in Chianti Classico. Lamole is 9km south of Greve and over 1100 ft higher in elevation. Jurij is working with his daughter, Sara to produce an extremely...
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100% Sangiovese from 75 year old vines in the Le Masse area of Lamole. The sandy, silty hillside vineyards are 645 metres above sea level and face west and south-west. The hand-picked grapes alcoholic fermentation is in stainless steel tanks with malolactic fermentation in 228 ltr pièce (Burgundy barrels). The wine is then aged for 19 months in a mix of new and one year old 228 ltr pièce and stainless-steel tank before bottling.
The 2020 Chianti Classcio Porcacciamiseria is bright, floral and savory, and yet also has enough fruit to keep things in check. White pepper, chalk, dried flowers, mint, blood orange and red-toned fruit are all beautifully delineated in this intensely mineral, taut Chianti Classico. This is classic Lamole at its best.
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