Fattoria di Selvapiana Chianti Rufina Riserva Vigneto Bucerchiale 2019
Fattoria Selvapiana · Fattoria di Selvapiana
A quietly serious Chianti Rufina that trades power for poise; drinking well now with an hour in the decanter, but built for a decade or more in the cellar.
Nose
Sour cherry, dried rose petal, tobacco leaf, iron filings, and a whiff of Mediterranean herbs — sage and wild fennel — over a stony, almost cool-air minerality.
Palate
Wiry and taut, with red cherry and pomegranate driven by piercing acidity; sanguine and savory mid-palate flavors of leather, cured meat, and dried orange peel unfold against fine-grained, chalky tannins.
Finish
Long, saline, and echoing — cherry pit, dried herbs, and a mineral hum that lingers with real tension.
- Varietal
- Sangiovese
- Blend
- 100% Sangiovese
- Vineyards
- Single-vineyard Bucerchiale, a 25-acre south-facing parcel at roughly 300 meters elevation on galestro and alberese soils in Pontassieve; vines averaging 40+ years old.
- Alcohol
- 13.5%
- Organic / Biodynamic
- No
Cocktail Suggestion
Not applicable — serve at 60–64°F in a Burgundy-style glass, decanted 45–60 minutes. — N/A — this is a wine intended for the table, not a mixing component.
Food Pairing
Bistecca alla fiorentina, wild boar ragù over pappardelle, aged pecorino toscano, or grilled quail with rosemary.
Owned by the Giuntini family since 1827, Selvapiana sits in the cooler, higher-elevation Rufina hills east of Florence, where estate director Federico Giuntini crafts Bucerchiale from a single south-facing vineyard planted in 1968 — one of the most consistently age-worthy Sangiovese crus in Tuscany.
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