Chianti
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Chianti is an Italian red wine produced in the Chianti region of central Tuscany, principally from the Sangiovese grape. It was historically associated with a squat bottle enclosed in a straw basket,
A bottle of ordinary Tuscan table wine in the kind of traditional fiasco formerly used for Chianti
In 1716 Cosimo III de' Medici, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, legislated the first official boundaries of the Chianti region in what is today part of the Chianti Classico DOCG.
Baron Bettino Ricasoli developed the first "modern" Chianti recipe that was Sangiovese based.
The Italian DOCG Chianti label
Tuscan wine
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Tuscan wine is Italian wine from the Tuscany region. Located in central Italy along the Tyrrhenian coast, Tuscany is home to some of the world's most notable wine regions. Chianti, Brunello di Montalc
Chianti
…Chianti is an Italian red wine produced in the Chianti region of central Tuscany, principally from the Sangiovese grape. It was historically associated with a squat bottle enclosed in a straw basket, called a fiasco ("flask"; pl…
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Vineyards around Siena
Sangiovese grapes harvested in the Montepulciano region