La Misse di Candialle Chianti Classico 2020

Tuscany, Italy

Vinous 93 points!

La Misse di Candialle Chianti Classico is a beautiful wine from this famous appellation of Tuscany. Candialle is a farm with a history going back to Roman times. Like many Tuscan poderi, it supplied bigger estates with various agricultural products. In 1999, the wife and husband (German/Finnish) team of Josephin and Jarkko Peränen purchased the land and began lovingly restoring it to the splendor it had once known. 2002 was their first wine release. All vineyard work is 100% organic. Increasingly, Jarkko and Josephin have come to look at their farming as regenerative. The wines are elegant, pure, and fresh, but show great depth and concentration, true to their location.

La Misse di Candialle Chianti Classico is 94% Sangiovese, 3% Malvasia Nera, 3% Canaiolo. Co-harvested/co-fermented in unlined concrete with macerations lasting a month. Aged in unlined concrete vats. This is Candialle's Chianti Classico 'annata,' though its release date could easily classify it as a Riserva.

"The 2020 Chianti Classico La Misse di Candialle is bright, bold and bursting with energy. Sweet red Sangiovese fruit, spice, mint, cedar and sweet pipe tobacco are all beautifully delineated in a Chianti Classico that bristles with vibrancy. The 2020 is exquisite. I would give it a year or two to soften."--Antonio Galloni, Vinous, 93 points!

Enjoy La Misse di Candialle Chianti Classico with veal, pasta, osso buco, and aged cheeses.