Selvapiana Chianti Rufina

emphasizing bulk production instead of quality of fruit

and a gentle leafy greenness

The palate is medium-light and agile

and dried raspberry

settling into a dry

with savory dark fruit and fine but slightly assertive tannins

or a holiday table where the wine needs to carry some weight

and stone dust emerge through the mid-palate

cool-fruited yet deep in tone — while a small proportion of Graciano adds the tangy herbal lift that keeps the wine vibrant

and very little ceremony

While enjoying a sail with friends and toasting the sunset with a bottle of Rose

” (This episode belongs to the Seat-of-the-Pants School of Buying Wine