In the glass
Aroma: red cherry, violet, dried herbs, fresh tobacco
Palate: red cherry, rosemary, iron, tomato leaf
Cesani's everyday Chianti from the Colli Senesi sub-zone south-west of San Gimignano. Field-blend Sangiovese with bright red-cherry, tomato-leaf and rosemary lift.
What it pairs with
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Pasta al pomodoro
Tomato-leaf in the wine echoes the sauce; Sangiovese acid keeps it bright. -
Pizza margherita
Tomato and mozzarella with Sangiovese's red cherry and rosemary lift. -
Tuscan salame and bread
Cured pork meets the wine's medium tannin; rosemary mirrors the salame herbs.
History
Cesani has bottled Chianti Colli Senesi since the early 1970s. The Colli Senesi sub-zone covers the Sangiovese hills south of San Gimignano and around Siena; Cesani farms organically and field-blends Sangiovese with small Canaiolo and Colorino shares.
- 1970 — First Cesani Chianti Colli Senesi bottling
Facts
- Producer
- Azienda Agricola Cesani
- Grapes
- Sangiovese (90%), Canaiolo (5%), Colorino (5%)
- Classification
- Chianti Colli Senesi DOCG
- Oak
- Around 10 months in stainless steel and large old wood
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Price
- EUR 11 to 16 at retail
- Drinking window
- 1 to 6 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1970
Scores
- Vinous 89 (2021 vintage, reviewed 2023)