Fattoria Nittardi Chianti Classico DOCG, Tuscany, Italy 2020

Nittardi Gran Selezione grows in our best vineyard, the Vigna Alta. The vineyard lies on a south-facing hill at 500 meters above sea level and has a soil of limestone, called locally Alberese that gives structure and power to the wine and schist, called locally Galestro that engenders the wine with an elegant minerality and freshness. Nittardi Gran Selezione is based on our best Sangiovese grapes. It is produced only in the best vintages and represents best the terroir of Nittardi with the know-how of our winemaking team guided by Carlo Ferrini. 2020 is the first vintage we produce a Nittardi Gran Selezione. We decided to create a new wine that differs from our Nittardi Riserva as this had since 1997 always a small amount of Merlot in the blend. Our Nittardi Gran Selezione is a return to the past with the knowhow we picked up in the last 30+ years.

"Here's an exciting new top-shelf submission from Nittardi. The organic 2020 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione (in the black label) is a very full and generous wine with a full-bodied approach that reflects a hot vintage. The wine is inky dark in appearance and redolent of black fruit, sweet spice and campfire embers. There is sweet oak cinnamon on the close. This is 100% Sangiovese." Wine Advocate 94