Istine, Chianti Classico, 2023 26REASONABLE depending on the vintage)

depending on the vintage)

mineral and unlike anything else on the shelf — a taste of a wine culture older than most of the wine world

showing red and black fruits

There’s a brooding beauty here—this isn’t a wine that flatters early

Istine, Chianti Classico, 2023 26REASONABLE depending on the vintage)The wine that anchors Istine's reputation: a deeply traditional, aromatic Chianti Classico from Radda, made by the charming Angela Fronti, a Flatiron favorite we've featured more times than we can count. Like everything she makes, it's 100% Sangiovese, vinified with long maceration and aged in big, neutral botti so the elegant, high altitude character of Radda comes through cleanly. Radda is famed for some of the most fragrant and refined Sangiovese