2022 CHIANTI CLASSICO Poggerino, Lea & Sandeman

CHIANTI CLASSICO

2022 Poggerino

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Grapes Sangiovese
Colour Red
Origin Italy, Tuscany
Other Certified Organic
Sub-district Chianti Classico
ABV 14.5%

This is made from 15 clones of Sangiovese and is described by oenologist Piero Lanza as his 'business card'. One year in big barrel for 80% and 20% in concrete. Certified organic. Deep crimson. Ripe, sweet black fruit, damson and cherry. Rich and generous. Firm, chewy but smooth tannins. Pure, fruit-filled and heart-warming wine. Still so youthful and primary but should age well. GV Drinking range: 2024 - 2031 Rating: 17 Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com (Jul 2024)

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The 2022 Chianti Classico is a pretty rich wine for Il Poggerino. It shows the heat and dryness of the year in its intense dark red fruit. Even so, Piero Lanza has done a terrific job of avoiding the hard tannins that penalize other wines. This plush, open-knit Chianti Classico will drink well right out of the gate. Drinking range: 2024 - 2032 Rating: 91 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Jul 2024)

Radda. 100% Sangiovese. Certified organic. Deep, lustrous ruby. Brooding nose of harnessed concentration. Poised yet concentrated palate with a big dollop of almost Barolo-like tannins. Very long, complex, aromatic and tactile and animating. This will age well. (WS) 14.5% Drink 2024 – 2032 Drinking range: 2024 - 2032 Rating: 17+ Walter Speller, www.jancisrobinson.com (Mar 2024)

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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