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2012 Poggio al Sole Chianti Classico 750 ml

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Top 5 Chianti Classicos of 2012: Half-Off as the Brits Lay an Egg in London

It’s a sobering moment in Europe. The Brexit vote in Great Britain signals doom and gloom from London to Athens. For the top estates of Tuscany’s Chianti Classico, already mired in Italy’s fiscal night, the summer of 2016 now appears to be the gloomiest in decades.

There are only a few great names in Chianti Classico, among them Fontodi, Felsina, Isole e Olena, Poggio al Sole, and Castello di Ama. All have much in common. Each farms tightly spaced Sangiovese vines on poor, cold soils. All five invested heavily in clonal research, grafting over older, high-yielding clones, nursing out extra black-cherry richness from the most capricious and ethereal red grape on the planet. As a result, as most of their neighbors are turtling up under Italy’s economic dilemma, these guys are flying.

Still, despite the brilliant work done in the vines and the cellar, and a phenomenal 2012 vintage, Tuscany’s Gang of Five is obliged to play their cards close to the vest, cautiously testing new sales channels with an eye on the brewing economic storm.

Swiss enologist Giovanni Davaz’s 18-hectare Poggio al Sole is far and away the smallest of the five estates. If Isole e Olena Chianti Classico is the most Burgundian and refined in the region, Davaz’s Sangioveses are the brightest, spiciest, and most fruit-forward. In 2012, like his neighbors, Giovanni crafted one of the ripest and surely the juiciest Sangiovese in some time.

Brilliant ruby in color, with piercing aromas of wild cherry, tart raspberry, pine needles, and sweet spice. Rich, juicy, and mouthwatering on the attack, filled with crushed small red fruit. We spent 48 hours with Davaz’s 2012, and the wine just seemed impervious to oxidation, effortlessly adding weight and complexity over the course of two days, finishing with age-worthy persistence and fine tannin cut. Drink now-2023.

$38 on release. Set to be offered on WineAccess at $25. But now, HALF OFF after the Brits laid an egg in London. Shipping included on 6.