Piemaggio Chianti Classico Le Fioraie 2022 0426JACKSON and almonds

and almonds

dry-farmed without pesticides in the Bio-Bio Valley

bottled unfined

Husband and wife team Virginie and Vincent Vanpoperingh run this small family estate on the banks of the River Marne in Damery

then stainless steel

Piemaggio Chianti Classico Le Fioraie 2022 0426JACKSON and almondsAn archetypal Chianti Classico from Castellina, made by an estate flying nicely under the radar. Piemaggio sits at Le Fioraie, a hamlet on the northwestern edge of Castellina in Chianti, where vineyards climb to 380420 meters on the classic galestro and alberese soils that give Sangiovese its lift and aromatic detail. The wine is 90% Sangiovese with Colorino, Canaiolo and Ciliegiolo, fermented spontaneously and aged two years in concrete and large