Candialle Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG 2016 CASSIS It is the only identified

It is the only identified place in Burgundy where a village appellation is produced with the aligoté grape (a crossing of gouais and pinot noir)

The texture is deep and layered with tremendous volume and fruit extract

This deep red has aromas and flavors of plums

I had a gnawing feeling that perhaps the scorching weather might have affected that bottle just a touch and I reached out to the folks at Krug to see if I could get another sample to report on for this article

It will need time to be at its best

Candialle Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG 2016 CASSIS It is the only identifiedCandialle 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 Pernen purchased the land and began lovingly restoring it to the splendor it had once known. 2002 was their first wine release. Located in Panzano in Chianti, just 20 km from Florence in the Conca dOro in the heart of the Chianti