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2010 SAN VINCENTI CHIANTI CLASSICO
$14.99 BTL./$179.88 CASE


Over the past few years we have seen the prices rise steadily for Chianti Classico. These days it is not uncommon to have to spend $22-$30 to get a high quality bottling from the area. So you could imagine our joy last week when we tasted the 2010 Classico from San Vincenti, an excellent producer located in Gaiole. Here was a truly seamless, delicious Chianti Classico which is truly one of the best deals in Tuscany.

Pretty aromatics of savory spice, dark berry, and sage lead in to a gorgeous fruit-packed mouth full of blackberry, spice, a nice dusty quality all without ever sacrificing the steely terroir of Gaiole. The finish is quite extensive, earthy and superbly long. A remarkable wine for the price and for the dinner table…one taste of this and you will keep coming back for more! Drink this beauty over the next 3-5 years.



2009 VOLPAIA CHIANTI CLASSICO RISERVA
[REG. $39.99] $25.99 BTL./$311.88 CASE


Mind-blowing. The most appropriate description to describe the Volpaia wines these days. No matter how good something is, there is always room for improvement and at an already renowned estate like Volpaia, they are always looking for ways and means to make their great wines even greater! Back in 2001 the estate took on a consulting oenologist and the already transcendent Volpaia wines took a leap to being perhaps Radda's most prolific Chianti producer.

Maintaining the fragrant, perfumed floral traits that are what Radda in Chianti are all about, this wine has an extra level of intensity but never strays outside its borders to become a caricature of itself. Pretty, yet full-scaled Chianti with penetrating richness, red fruit characteristics and a generous finish that has an earthy purity along with roasted coffee notes underneath. While Volpaia's wines have always been delicious, for a limited time the specially-priced Chianti Riserva is now one of THE spectacular values in all of Tuscany. If you love the greats of Chianti, you will surely want to grab some of this and drink it now through 2022+.



THE CELLAR DOOR'S HOLIDAY HOURS 

MONDAY DECEMBER 23

9:30 - 5:30


TUESDAY DECEMBER 24

10:00 - 1:30


CLOSED DECEMBER 25, RE-OPENING DECEMBER 26 AT 9:30





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