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Chianti is a famous red wine of Italy,
which takes its name from a traditional region of Tuscany where it is
produced. It used to be easily identified by its squat bottle
enclosed in a straw basket, called fiasco ("flask"; pl. fiaschi);
however, the fiasco is only used by a few makers of the wine now; most
Chianti is bottled in traditionally shaped wine bottles. Low-end
Chianti is fairly inexpensive, with a basic Chianti running less than
US$10 for a bottle. More sophisticated Chiantis, however, are made and
sold at substantially higher prices. Today, Chianti is generally
consumed at room (technically "cellar") temperature, like most other
red wines. History |
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cont: History The popularity and high exportability of this wine at the moment of introduction of the DOC, 1967, was such that many regions of central Tuscany didn't want to be excluded from the use of the name. As a result the Chianti wine-area got about 10% more territory. Wines labeled Chianti Classico come from the biggest sub-area of Chianti, that sub-area that includes the old Chianti area. The other variants, with the exception of Rufina from the north-east side of Florence and Montalbano in the south of Pistoia, originate in the respective named provinces: Siena for the Colli Senesi, Florence for the Colli Fiorentini, Arezzo for the Colli Aretini and Pisa for the Colline Pisane. In 1996 part of the Colli Fiorentini sub-area was renamed Montespertoli. |
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