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Chianti Classico 2023 and 2024 – vintage reviews
Two notoriously difficult vintages, with very different outcomes. The image above, from Collezione Chianti Classico 2026 in Florence, is courtesy of the Consorzio of Chianti Classico. In February, at the...
Walter Speller
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Chianti Classico's 2012 vintage was the produce of one of the hottest summers ever to be recorded, but when I...
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This selection of tasting notes is thanks mostly to British importer Armit, whose Italians could easily furnish a national gallery...
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At the same time as my second tranche of tastings of Brunello di Montalcino 2009, I also had a look...
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