Before sharing his hundreds of tasting notes on the latest wines from this great-value region, Walter reports on significant developments there.
Chianti Classico Gran Selezione, the new seal given to single-vineyard wines or top cuvées of allegedly the highest quality, has begun to cast its net wider and wider. Even if currently only 7% of Chianti Classico’s output is labelled as such, it is a category that is growing fast because many producers, even some who are not really convinced by it, seem to be succumbing tothe attractions of Gran Selezione’s growing importance.
‘Chianti Classico should cost no more than...