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Chianti Classico 2013 75cl

DOCG | Chianti Classico | Tuscany | Italy
CHF 21.60

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2013 2015
Critics scores
89 By Robert Parker
Here's a delicious wine that gives you no room for complaints. The 2013 Chianti Classico is a balanced and fruit-froward red wine to pair with spicy sausage or barbecued chicken. There is good acidity here and the wine offers moderate intensity. In fact, I would have expected more aromatic definition, given the high quality of the vintage. Perhaps Brancaia moved its best fruit up the line to the more expensive wines in this portfolio. There's a touch of sour cherry on the close.  Barbara Widmer's Brancaia offers a stunning set of new releases with wines from some of the best recent vintages including 2010 and 2013. If you are a Brancaia fan, as am I, you should not miss these wines.
Producer
Brancaia
Swiss couple, Brigitte and Bruno Widmer own 75-hectares of vineyards that make up La Brancaia estate. Split among three properties, there is Brancaia from Castellina in Chianti, Poppi from Radda in Chianti, and once again, Brancaia in Maremma from Grosseto. Each land-holding is similarly planted with Sangiovese and French varieties, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc, Viognier and Marsanne. The three unique plots are united by one thing, the same devoted team of individuals that are always working to achieve greater grape quality. Today, La Brancaia is managed by the Widmer’s daughter, Barbara and her husband, Martin Kronenberg. The estate continues to flourish making four new wooded reds, and one unoaked fresh white.