Colognole. Chianti Rufina 'Collezione'

Chianti Rufina DOCG
Grapes: Sangiovese

There is a warmth and richness to this wine, with spice, sage and truffle lifting the black cherry fruit.  Typical fresh fruit, crystalline with a twist of salt.  An exceptional, elegant wine.  13.5%
Drink 2024-2029 
3000 bottles made

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This wine is usually a ‘laboratory’ label to find the potential of a particular vineyard; the quantity of bottles made is always tiny, so it is rarely seen on export markets. 
The last Collezione we imported was from the extraordinary 2016 vintage, it provided a window into the soul of the Lustra vineyard.  However, in 2019 the thinking behind the Collezione was entirely different; hail had devastated all the vineyards, striking both in August and September.  The remaining fruit was thinned and by harvest time there were only enough healthy grapes to fill just one 25hl Slavonian botti*.  The quality was surprisingly good, too good for it to be a Chianti Rufina (annata), and it didn’t quite fit the profile for a Riserva, and so the ‘Collezione’ was reborn.