Cigliano di Sopra Chianti Classico 2023 SCCOS A serious Pinot Noir from

A serious Pinot Noir from one of California's great vineyards

not to be missed

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

60-million-year-old limestone reef

Equal parts Carignane

Cigliano di Sopra Chianti Classico 2023 SCCOS A serious Pinot Noir fromMaddalena 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