Isole e Olena, Chianti Classico Toscano with a blend of 60%

with a blend of 60% Tempranillo and 40% Garnacha

Louis Jadot's Découverte Vineyard located in Oregan's Willamette Valley is a true jewel box - with east-facing slopes at 600 to 690 feet on volcanic soil

tannins are low and acidity pleasant

and figs on the nose

Gouveiu and Viosinho - shows a little flesh and ripe stonefruit and  a hint of seaspray/saline notes

Isole e Olena, Chianti Classico Toscano with a blend of 60%This Chianti Classico is crimson in colour with typical sour cherry and bramble notes. The palate has a supple, lithe character full of perfumed fruit and is given depth by a mineral vein. Structure comes from the taut acidity and tannin structure. Paolo was one of the first producers in Chianti Classico to plant high density vineyards with new lower yielding clones of Sangiovese in the 1980s. In many cases he returned to the poor soils on hillside