Fattoria Cigliano di Sopra Vigneto Branca, Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG, Italy 2021 Rioja " One of the darker

" One of the darker hued efforts in the vintage

offering notes of fresh wildflowers

The vineyards face north and it's one of the last to be harvested

with ripe tannins

Fattoria Cigliano di Sopra Vigneto Branca, Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG, Italy 2021 Rioja " One of the darkerDespite its historical proximity to Florence and its role in making some of the most well known Tuscan wines of the last century, San Casciano in Val di Pesa is not necessarily an appellation of Chianti Classico that leaps to mind. Perhaps this is because it has in recent decades been dominated by large producers who bought fruit, thus neutralizing differences in terroir and in the cellar. Or because it is lower lying, with soils that tend to defy the