Chianti Classico refers to the principal growing area in the famous Chianti region of Tuscany
Chianti Classico refers to the pincipal growing area in the famous Chianti region of Tuscany. It also connotes a classic Italian red that, in its best examples, shows why Chianti Classico enjoys a well-deserved reputarion for producing some prodigious wines.
It had been some time since I last tasted a good Chianti, which is made primarily from the sangiovese grape, and so I was immediately struck by Tenuta di Nozzole’s 2001 “La Forra” Chianti Classico Riserva. As you may have gathered by now, this is not an everyday Chianti.
The pecking order ascends from Chianti to Chianti Classico to Chianti Classico Riserva to wines like “La Forra,” which is the name of an individual, 14-acre vineyard in the larger Nozzole estate in which the grapes for this wine are grown. Other areas of Chianti also produce famous wines, such as Chianti Colli Senesi.
