Caparsa Chianti Classico Riserva Caparsino 2021 CS20230731 This is the bottle we

This is the bottle we hand to anyone who claims they don't like Italian whites

The wine itself makes the case better than the story does: this is Verdejo with texture and salt and bite

secondary (biscuit

tonkotsu ramen or roast pork loin

and Kontozisis Organic Vineyards has been farming it organically in Karditsa

Caparsa Chianti Classico Riserva Caparsino 2021 CS20230731 This is the bottle weCaparsino is Paolo Cianferoni's top Riserva the more refined of his two single vineyard bottlings, drawn from older vines on alberese, galestro, clay, and sand at around 450 meters in Radda. After spontaneous fermentation in cement, it ages roughly fifteen months in large 18hL oak casks, the kind of patient elevage that lets terroir, not wood, do the talking. Expect macerated dark cherry, pine, lavender, and a thread of espresso, with the cool climate