In the glass
Aroma: red cherry, rose petal, graphite, wild fennel
Palate: red plum, iron, tobacco, leather
Old-vine Chianti Rufina Riserva from Castello di Nipozzano, the elegant cool-climate counterpoint to Chianti Classico.
What it pairs with
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Wild boar pappardelle
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Game ragu and Rufina elegance. -
Bistecca alla fiorentina
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Riserva structure for a T-bone. -
Aged Pecorino di Pienza
Crystalline cheese with red-fruit acid.
History
Frescobaldi launched Nipozzano Vecchie Viti in 2011 as an old-vine selection from the Castello di Nipozzano estate.
- 2011 — First Vecchie Viti vintage
Facts
- Producer
- Castello di Nipozzano
- Grapes
- Sangiovese (80%), Malvasia Nera (10%), Colorino (10%)
- Classification
- Chianti Rufina DOCG Riserva
- Oak
- 24 months in French and Slavonian oak
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Price
- EUR 30 to 45 at retail
- Drinking window
- 5 to 18 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2011
Scores
- Wine Advocate 94 (2019 vintage, reviewed 2022)
- Vinous 93 (2018 vintage, reviewed 2021)