slightly meaty character beneath its honeyed exterior
Aged for a full two years in new French oak barrels
La Tourtine is where Mourvèdre reveals its true majesty—from a carefully tended 5
from early drought to a soaking September
The result has been called a 'baby Vin Jaune' for its complexity
Caparsa Chianti Classico Riserva Caparsino 2021 Author DK slightly meaty character beneath itsCaparsino is Paolo Cianferoni's top Riserva the more refined of his two single vineyard bottlings, drawn from older vines on alberese, galestro, clay, and sand at around 450 meters in Radda. After spontaneous fermentation in cement, it ages roughly fifteen months in large 18hL oak casks, the kind of patient elevage that lets terroir, not wood, do the talking. Expect macerated dark cherry, pine, lavender, and a thread of espresso, with the cool climate