Cigliano di Sopra Chianti Classico 2023 SCCOS 60-million-year-old limestone reef

60-million-year-old limestone reef

Consider it your gateway to the Rheingau

oak is used as seasoning rather than the main act

Grower Champagne with a point of view

Custom copper pot stills with unusually long necks produce fruitier spirit than standard designs

Cigliano di Sopra Chianti Classico 2023 SCCOS 60-million-year-old limestone reefMaddalena Fucile and Matteo Vaccari graduated from agronomy school in Florence in 2017, worked harvests in Tuscany, California and Oregon, then came back to take over her family's estate in San Casciano in Val di Pesa. The place goes back to the fourteenth century and, until 2016, sold its wine in bulk. They've turned it into something else entirely: seven hectares of vines farmed organically with biodynamic practices, Sangiovese handled with a light