Monte Bernardi, Panzano, Chianti Classico, Riserva 2022 White Tertiary flavors popping out

Tertiary flavors popping out

this was produced with the fruit from 15 small plots of old vines between 50 and 130 years of age and planted with a myriad of old varieties—Síria

Same bottle as JCGuthrie

minerally back end

In the bountiful 1997 vintage there was one special vineyard

Monte Bernardi, Panzano, Chianti Classico, Riserva 2022 White Tertiary flavors popping outEven though the estate Monte Bernardi dates back to 1085 in the region of Panzano in Tuscany, Michael Schmelzer and family purchased the estate in 2003 and have been making beautiful Sangiovese based wines and olive oil ever since. The propertys vineyards are situated in the hilly, southern most region of Panzano, an area that has been acknowledged as one of the Grand Crus of Chianti Classico. Most of the vineyards are more than 40 years old. Before