2007-CHIANTI-CLASSICO-Riserva-Bugialla-Poggerino

CHIANTI CLASSICO

2007 Riserva Bugialla Poggerino

Colour Red
Origin Italy, Tuscany
Sub-district Chianti Classico
Classification Riserva
ABV 15.5%
Vineyard Bugialla

Radda in Chianti. 100% Sangiovese. Oenologist: Piero Lanza. Bordeaux-lookalike-ruby with orange tinge. Seems ever so slightly stewed, covered by a layer of crunchy sweet red fruits. On the finish again a light stewed quality, but still very attractive tactile palate. (WS) Rating: 17 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Jul 2011)


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While I found the Chianti Classico 2009 rather unfocused and atypical, the riserva has the classic sour cherry and mildly clove and spicy nose plus a beautifully dense palate. A bit of smoke and chocolate on the finish tells us we are in a fairly modernist camp but this is a wine with lots of personality and many years of development ahead of it. And while £24 is quite a lot of money, this is well worth it. David Way (www.winefriend.org) (Apr 2011)

A beguiling perfumed and herbal nose that's juicy, moreish and inviting. A lovely elegant balance of acidity and tannin with that herbal cherry note singing through to the long finish. A surprising alcohol level – impossible to detect, such is the balance here. Rating: 92 The Wine Gang - www.thewinegang.com (Apr 2011)

Poggerino

- See our blog post on Victoria Moore's recent interview with Piero Lanza HERE -

Piero Lanza is one of Chianti's greatest young ambassadors. A qualified oenologist, a very competent agronomist and a brilliant winemaker, his wines have improved immeasurably over the past few vintages. Located in the heart of Chianti Classico district the estate consists of 106 acres of vineyards, olive groves and woodlands.

The winery is one of the properties of a large estate which used to belong to Prince Ginori Conti, a descendant of one of Florence's oldest families. Floriana Ginori Conti inherited the winery from her father in the 1970s, and began in 1980 to produce a Chianti Classico with the "Poggerino" label.

In 1999 she handed over the property to her two children, Piero and Benedetta Lanza, who had been managing it since 1988. Only 11 hectares are planted with vines, almost all of which are Sangiovese. Piero is a passionate agronomist, firmly of the opinion that the work he does in the vineyard reflects not only in the quality of his wines, but the individual 'terroir' of their property, and to this end is now working completely biodynamically.

Another of our producers described him to us 'Ah yes, Piero, the one who knows all his vines by name'. Planted on clay and 'galestro' soils his wines are marked by minerality, acidity and bright fruit. Biodynamic and certified organic.

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