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Red
750ml
Bottle: $91.13
6 bottles: $89.30
This is very perfumed and fruity with cherries, light currants and just a hint of vanilla. It’s medium-bodied with...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $79.94
6 bottles: $78.34
The purity of fruit here is stunning with blackberry, blueberry and orange-peel aromas and flavors. Medium-bodied...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $72.79
6 bottles: $72.00
Typical aromas of cherries, blackberries, walnuts and dried flowers follow through to a full body with round, creamy...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $75.94
12 bottles: $74.42
The Castell’in Villa Chianti Classico Riserva is made of Sangiovese grapes entirely from our best vineyards. The...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $15.99
A bright and fresh red with orange-peel and blackberry character. Medium-to full-bodied, driven and fruity. Tangy....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $52.80
An intense, energetic red hallmarked by black cherry, black currant, sanguine, tomato leaf and tobacco aromas and...
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Red
375ml
Bottle: $19.00
12 bottles: $17.01
The 2017 Chianti Classico is bright, floral and beautifully lifted, with lovely red berry and rose petal character....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $58.94
12 bottles: $57.76
The 2017 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigneto San Marcellino is potent, but also shockingly closed for this dry,...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $47.95
This wine is made with fruit from the 130-hectare Tignanello estate and is Sangiovese with a smaller part Cabernet...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $49.94
Cherries, dried flowers and slate on the nose with some fresh mushrooms. Medium to full body, firm and silky tannins...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $66.28
The 2017 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna del Sorbo is a dense, packed wine. It is also surprisingly, almost...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $68.62
The biggest of these three wines, the 2017 Chianti Classico Porcacciamiseria is rich and generous on the palate, with...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $63.45
The 2017 Chianti Classico Lamole PuntodiVista is intensely aromatic and lifted, almost suggestive of whole clusters....
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Red
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle: $208.04
The 2017 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione is ample, rich and quite seductive, which is to say very much in the style...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $45.45
Subtly framed in toasty oak, this red evokes cherry, currant, rose hip, earth and sweet spice flavors. It's firm and...
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2017 Italy Tuscany Chianti Classico

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.

The central Italian region of Tuscany is widely understood to be one of the world's most famous and highly regarded wine regions. The beautiful rolling hillsides and medieval towns and castles which are a key feature of the area are also home to many of Europe's finest wineries, and extremely high quality vineyards growing the distinctive Sangiovese and Vernaccia grape varietals which are the flavorful backbone of Tuscany's wonderful red and white wines. For almost three thousand years, this region has been recognized as an ideal home for wine production on a large scale, and the ancient Etruscans, Greeks and Romans all noticed that fine grape varietals flourished on the unique soils and under the hot sunshine which typifies the area. Today, Tuscany is home to a wide range of wines, from the traditional to the complex, but all dedicated to excellent flavors and aromas, and maintaining the region's international reputation.