Felsina, Chianti Classico Riserva Rancia Vintage:2007 The 2006 Brut Cuvée Louis

The 2006 Brut Cuvée Louis Salmon is a fabulous Champagne that balances the natural richness of the year with tons of energy

70 ha parcel of 55+ year old vines that for the last 5 years has been worked exclusively by horse

this is still exactly the same wine from the same vineyard in El Tiemblo on slate soils

require plenty of bottle age

“It’s hard to imagine a much greater contrast in the Pinots between the character of 2010 and that of 2009

Felsina, Chianti Classico Riserva Rancia Vintage:2007 The 2006 Brut Cuvée LouisThe 2007 Chianti Classico Riserva Rancia is another dazzling wine. This is a vintage of overt, sumptuous fruit and pure sexiness. Despite its richness, the 2007 never loses its sense of structure, but in this vintage the tannins are nearly buried by the huge fruit. Today the 2007 comes across as a hypothetical blend of the 2004 and 2006, with the finesse of the former and the size of the latter. Not a bad combination, to put it mildly. In the glass