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Chianti Classico - The Search for Tuscany's Noblest Wine (Hardcover)
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Chianti Classico - The Search for Tuscany's Noblest Wine (Hardcover)
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This book tells the story of the ancient land named Chianti and the
modern wine appellation known as Chianti Classico. In 1716,
Tuscany's penultimate Medici ruler, Cosimo III, anointed the region
of Chianti, along with three smaller areas in the Florentine State,
as the world's first legal appellations of origin for wine. In the
succeeding centuries, this milestone was all but forgotten. By the
late nineteenth century, the name Chianti, rather than signifying
this historic region and its celebrated wine, identified a simple
Italian red table wine in a straw-covered flask. In the
twenty-first century, Chianti Classico emerged as one of Italy's
most dynamic and fashionable wine zones. Chianti Classico relates
the fascinating evolution of Chianti as a wine region and reveals
its geographic and cultural complexity. Bill Nesto, MW, and Frances
Di Savino explore the townships of Chianti Classico and introduce
readers to the modern-day winegrowers who are helping to transform
the region. The secrets of Sangiovese, the principal vine variety
of Chianti, are also revealed as the book unlocks the myths and
mysteries of one of Italy's most storied wine regions. The
publication of Chianti Classico coincides with the three hundredth
anniversary of the Medici decree delimiting the region of Chianti
on September 24, 1716.
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