Candialle Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG 2016 CASSIS Whispers of spices lead the

Whispers of spices lead the way

The original vineyards have a southwest exposure with extensive sun and maritime breezes that create robust vegetation

It will need time to be at its best

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

This deep red has aromas and flavors of plums

Candialle Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG 2016 CASSIS Whispers of spices lead theCandialle 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