mellowing to honeyed dark berries on the finish
When Mia Subotic took over her family's Côte Chalonnaise estate in 2020
There’s a brooding beauty here—this isn’t a wine that flatters early
or delicate seafood dishes
mineral and unlike anything else on the shelf — a taste of a wine culture older than most of the wine world
Istine, Chianti Classico, 2023 26REASONABLE mellowing to honeyed dark berriesThe wine that anchors Istine's reputation: a deeply traditional, aromatic Chianti Classico from Radda, made by the charming Angela Fronti, a Flatiron favorite we've featured more times than we can count. Like everything she makes, it's 100% Sangiovese, vinified with long maceration and aged in big, neutral botti so the elegant, high altitude character of Radda comes through cleanly. Radda is famed for some of the most fragrant and refined Sangiovese