Caparsa Chianti Classico Riserva Caparsino 2021 SPRHONE It shines alongside delicate seafood

It shines alongside delicate seafood dishes like scallop crudo or oysters but also complements richer

cushiony style some Saint-Émilions chase

Vinification mixes steel tank and French oak for six to seven months before bottling

The Cote Blonde is the more lyrical of Cote-Rotie's two great hills — granitic and sand-dappled

and a whole lot more interesting per dollar

Caparsa Chianti Classico Riserva Caparsino 2021 SPRHONE It shines alongside delicate seafoodCaparsino is Paolo Cianferoni's top Riserva the more refined of his two single vineyard bottlings, drawn from older vines on alberese, galestro, clay, and sand at around 450 meters in Radda. After spontaneous fermentation in cement, it ages roughly fifteen months in large 18hL oak casks, the kind of patient elevage that lets terroir, not wood, do the talking. Expect macerated dark cherry, pine, lavender, and a thread of espresso, with the cool climate