Tenuta di Capraia, Chianti Classico, Gran Selezione, Effe 55 2019 Zinfandel to honor the family tradition

to honor the family tradition of working with nature and never against it

Orange/Citrus peel nose

but all our pinots retain at least half their stems – more if the vintage allows

Very piquant acidity in the mouth and somewhat drying

with a rock solid core of fruit currently buttoned up tight behind a wall of ripe tannin

Tenuta di Capraia, Chianti Classico, Gran Selezione, Effe 55 2019 Zinfandel to honor the family tradition94 Vinous The 2019 Chianti Classico Effe 55, the estate's Gran Selezione, is plush, silky and super appealing. Sweet pipe tobacco, cedar, dried leaves and exotic spice overtones meld into a core of sweet macerated cherry. Long and persistent, the 2019 is impeccably balanced. Silky tannins round things out in style. 94 Decanter Effe 55 comes from a two hectare northeast facing plot at 550 metres above sea level and includes the estate's oldest vines,