Parting Shot
Italy Underground
Image courtesy of Möet Hennessy USA
In the cellars of Chianti Classico, bottles of Sangiovese await their time in the sun
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undreds of bottles of 1988 Chianti Classico gather dust in the hewn, stone-walled cellar of their Italian producer, Castello di Monsanto. The wines were made from Sangiovese grapes grown in Monsanto’s Il Poggio vineyard in the Barberino Val d’Elsa section of Chianti Classico. Most of the vines are about 25-years-old on the average while the oldest vine is around 40 years-old. Il Poggio is Monsanto’s flagship wine and is only bottled during the best vintages.
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