Harvey Nichols Chianti 2019 75cl Harvey Nichols Chianti 2019 75cl

The result is this: Mash up a Renaissance fortress with 500 years of wine experience and one of Italy's leading contemporary artists? Divine ruby ​​red Chianti Colli Senesi is truly a work of art.

Harvey Nichols Chianti Colli Senesi is a classic Tuscan wine made in the cool-climate hills of Siena. Born in a landscape studded with medieval towns, olive groves and towering cypress trees, this gorgeous red offers notes of juicy Morello cherries, sun-dried earth, oak woods, dried herbs and leather, and zesty red currant and cranberry. Food-friendly freshness. Serve this masterpiece with tomato-based pastas, pizzas, stews, rosemary roasts, wild mushrooms or comfort foods.

Right in front of Montalcino, the imposing hilltop Castello Romitorio. During its long history dating back to Roman times, it has been a temple, a prison, a fortress, a monastery, a castle, ruins, a manor house, a shepherd's refuge, and more recently an art studio. And winery. Once owned by an art patron named Giorgio Franchetti, it was traded for artist Sandro Chia and some of his paintings. A leader of the Italian Neo-Expressionist movement and a contemporary of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Chia used the castle as his studio. Also inspired by the winemaking revolution that took place in Brunello di Montalcino in the late 1980s, he was at the forefront of the rebirth of the region. Now an internationally recognized winery, Sandro and his son Filippo create elegant, classic and top-quality popular Sangiovese, including their own Chianti.