Caparsa Chianti Classico Riserva Doccio Matteo 2021 Old Rioja a family that has worked

a family that has worked the vines around Saint-Romain since 1758 and went organic back in 2009

Salt and leathery smokiness on the nose

Walk-around tasting with seven producers

The 2023 radiates intensity on the palate—fine

So this is time travel you can drink

Caparsa Chianti Classico Riserva Doccio Matteo 2021 Old Rioja a family that has workedPaolo Cianferoni has run Caparsa since 1982, on the farm his father bought in 1965, and it shows in the wine: rugged, honest, entirely unbothered by fashion. Caparsa was one of Flatiron's very first loves in Chianti and there's never been a breakup. The estate sits in Radda, the highest and coolest corner of Chianti Classico, sometimes called the Chambolle Musigny of the zone for the ethereal red fruited Sangiovese it produces. Doccio a Matteo is the