Piemaggio Chianti Classico Le Fioraie 2022 0426JACKSON La Tâche is DRC's monopole

La Tâche is DRC's monopole

and it tastes like two traditions arguing productively

then stainless steel

Think of it as Corsica's answer to a great cru Beaujolais or a Mediterranean Pinot Noir

Husband and wife team Virginie and Vincent Vanpoperingh run this small family estate on the banks of the River Marne in Damery

Piemaggio Chianti Classico Le Fioraie 2022 0426JACKSON La Tâche is DRC's monopoleAn archetypal Chianti Classico from Castellina, made by an estate flying nicely under the radar. Piemaggio sits at Le Fioraie, a hamlet on the northwestern edge of Castellina in Chianti, where vineyards climb to 380420 meters on the classic galestro and alberese soils that give Sangiovese its lift and aromatic detail. The wine is 90% Sangiovese with Colorino, Canaiolo and Ciliegiolo, fermented spontaneously and aged two years in concrete and large