2021 Chianti Classico Riserva, Querciabella Great Wines and the bottle needs to

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Pairs with: grilled lamb

The nose opens with dried cherry

while the south-facing vines are protected by the canopy vegetation

fried whitebait or a bowl of salty crisps before dinner

2021 Chianti Classico Riserva, Querciabella Great Wines and the bottle needs toThe Velvet Heart of Chianti This is Sangiovese with polish, depth and a very Tuscan sense of purpose. It opens with black cherry, ripe red plum, wild strawberry and dried cranberry, before moving into violet, sweet tobacco, leather, graphite, incense and Mediterranean herbs. There is a darker, more serious core than the straight Chianti Classico, but it still carries that essential Sangiovese brightness. The palate is structured, refined and