QUERCIABELLA Chianti Classico 2018
- SKU:
- 3475939
- UPC:
- 8031481004692
93 points “The 2018 Chianti Classico is classy polished and exceptionally beautiful. Like so many wines in 2018 the Chianti Classico is aromatic and gracious in feel more finesse than power. Silky tannins wrap around a core of bright Sangiovese fruit. From start to finish the 2018 is all class.” – Antonio Galloni
As well as the wonderful review above this wine also picked up the trophy for “Best Chianti Classico” from the prestigious German gourmet magazine Falstaff.
Delighting wine enthusiasts for decades Querciabella redefines Chianti Classico. Such purity such clarity and such brilliance; you’d be forgiven for thinking it was a diamond rather than a Sangiovese. 2018 was a classic vintage that produced wines of exceptional quality in the Chianti region. As usual Querciabella’s Chianti Classico is a flawless display that appears to have been crafted from silk. The raspberry cherry strawberry redcurrant and blackcurrant flavours are so clean and crisp you can almost imagine the juice of the fresh fruit dribbling down your chin. Then it takes you for a walk around the garden in the sunshine past the roses lavender mint peppery juniper orange zest and finally the herb patch. It’s a phenomenal piece of winemaking that can be paired with almost anything imaginable but consider Mediterranean cuisine that’s heavy on the roasted vegetable fresh tomatoes olive oil herbs and spices.
The old adage ‘from small acorns grow mighty oaks’ has never been more apt. When steel magnate and wine lover Giuseppe ‘Pepito’ Castiglione planted a seed in a rundown hobby vineyard in 1974 few would have guessed that it would flourish into the mighty Querciabella – one of the most ethical pioneering and highly respected wineries on the planet. Although Pepito saw the potential it was his son Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni that launched the estate in Greve Tuscany to stardom growing it from a single vineyard into 69 hectares in Chianti Classico 32 hectares in Tuscany’s hottest real estate Maremma and a sustainable state-of-the-art winery complete with Tesla charging points for the environmentally conscious visitor. This truly remarkable man is an award-winning entrepreneur and a passionate vegan animal rights activist and climate change campaigner. When he isn’t sitting on the board of Sea Shepherd advising the International Anti-Poaching Foundation in Zimbabwe or investing in cutting-edge food like Beyond Meat and Vurger Co he can be found running probably the world’s only cruelty-free biodynamic winery Querciabella. Organic since 1988 shortly after they decided to go biodynamic. What makes them unique is that they’ve eschewed the spiritual aspects and the use of animal organs skulls and horns adopted by most practitioners. So as you sip Querciabella’s exceptional fine wines rest easy that no animal products or by-products have been used in any step of the farming or winemaking process. As respected critic Antonio Galloni says “Querciabella stands head and shoulders above any other estate in Chianti Classico. It’s as simple as that.”
SKU No.: 3475939
Style No.: 888865
Region: Tuscany
Grapes: Sangiovese
Closure: Cork
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 13.5%
Volume: 750ml
Allergens: Sulphites
93 points “The 2018 Chianti Classico is classy polished and exceptionally beautiful. Like so many wines in 2018 the Chianti Classico is aromatic and gracious in feel more finesse than power. Silky tannins wrap around a core of bright Sangiovese fruit. From start to finish the 2018 is all class.” – Antonio Galloni
As well as the wonderful review above this wine also picked up the trophy for “Best Chianti Classico” from the prestigious German gourmet magazine Falstaff.
Delighting wine enthusiasts for decades Querciabella redefines Chianti Classico. Such purity such clarity and such brilliance; you’d be forgiven for thinking it was a diamond rather than a Sangiovese. 2018 was a classic vintage that produced wines of exceptional quality in the Chianti region. As usual Querciabella’s Chianti Classico is a flawless display that appears to have been crafted from silk. The raspberry cherry strawberry redcurrant and blackcurrant flavours are so clean and crisp you can almost imagine the juice of the fresh fruit dribbling down your chin. Then it takes you for a walk around the garden in the sunshine past the roses lavender mint peppery juniper orange zest and finally the herb patch. It’s a phenomenal piece of winemaking that can be paired with almost anything imaginable but consider Mediterranean cuisine that’s heavy on the roasted vegetable fresh tomatoes olive oil herbs and spices.
The old adage ‘from small acorns grow mighty oaks’ has never been more apt. When steel magnate and wine lover Giuseppe ‘Pepito’ Castiglione planted a seed in a rundown hobby vineyard in 1974 few would have guessed that it would flourish into the mighty Querciabella – one of the most ethical pioneering and highly respected wineries on the planet. Although Pepito saw the potential it was his son Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni that launched the estate in Greve Tuscany to stardom growing it from a single vineyard into 69 hectares in Chianti Classico 32 hectares in Tuscany’s hottest real estate Maremma and a sustainable state-of-the-art winery complete with Tesla charging points for the environmentally conscious visitor. This truly remarkable man is an award-winning entrepreneur and a passionate vegan animal rights activist and climate change campaigner. When he isn’t sitting on the board of Sea Shepherd advising the International Anti-Poaching Foundation in Zimbabwe or investing in cutting-edge food like Beyond Meat and Vurger Co he can be found running probably the world’s only cruelty-free biodynamic winery Querciabella. Organic since 1988 shortly after they decided to go biodynamic. What makes them unique is that they’ve eschewed the spiritual aspects and the use of animal organs skulls and horns adopted by most practitioners. So as you sip Querciabella’s exceptional fine wines rest easy that no animal products or by-products have been used in any step of the farming or winemaking process. As respected critic Antonio Galloni says “Querciabella stands head and shoulders above any other estate in Chianti Classico. It’s as simple as that.”
SKU No.: 3475939
Style No.: 888865