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2019 Selvapiana Chianti Rufina Bucerchiale Riserva

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RATINGS

95Jeb Dunnuck

...incredible and refined, with floral layers of brilliant red raspberry, forested earth, and potpourri...continues seamlessly to the palate with complexity and weightlessness, fine tannins, and a long finish.

94James Suckling

This has aromas of wild raspberries, plums, almond blossom, sandalwood, clay and green olives on the nose. Medium-bodied with fine, creamy tannins. Supple and transparent. Very fine.

94Wine Enthusiast

Bricks and Bing cherries and an almost ethereal aroma of orange blossom on top of crushed rock and graphite are on the nose, with more savory notes of leather and spice developing on the palate, emphasized by the austerity of chalky tannins.

93Wine Spectator

...high-pitched aromas of tart cherry and rose hip signaling the bracing acidity. Intense, picking up wild herbs, mineral, leather and a smoky note on the palate. Shows excellent balance and length.

92+ The Wine Advocate

...shows medium-rich concentration with Amarena cherry, heritage rose, lightly toasted spice and potting soil...delivers more softness and fruit weight, and the acidity is integrated and mild.

90.5CellarTracker

16.5+ Jancis Robinson

REGION

Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Rufina

Chianti is Tuscany’s most famous and historic wine district. The Chianti DOCG is a large area with numerous sub-zones, many of them renowned. Chianti’s wines were so esteemed during the Renaissance that the Medici princes of Florence designated several villages within the Chianti region as discrete production zones, setting up the first appellations in Italy. By the 20th century Chianti was Italy’s primary wine export. But the pizza parlor Chiantis sent to foreign markets were inexpensive, unremarkable reds presented in round-bottomed, straw-covered bottles. To upgrade Chianti wines and the region’s image, the Chianti DOC was created in 1967 and the DOCG status came in 1984. Innovative producers started improving their wines and today’s Chiantis are nothing like the mass produced bottles of the 1950s and 1960s. Gambero Rosso, Italy’s leading wine journal, noted in 2014 that in Chianti “Sangiovese is back in its starring role…both as a component in blends and because it is now enjoying a correct interpretation.” Chianti DOC must be at least 75% Sangiovese.

TYPE

Red Wine, Sangiovese, D.O.C.G.

This red grape is largely grown in central Italy. As the sole component or in a blend, it gives us Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino and Super Tuscans, among other favorites wines. The name is derived from the Latin for “blood of Jove.”

VINTAGE

2019 Selvapiana Chianti Rufina Bucerchiale Riserva