2017 Istine Chianti Classico Riserva Levigne - Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG (2/22/2026)
Medium red. The nose is even light for a Radda CCR, red cherry, leather and some red berry. Dry cherry and berry flavours and a dry light balanced finish.
This may be a little too elegant for me. (90 points)
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In Los Alamos, CA on vacay.
Bedford Tempranillo (so good!) and Full of Life Flatbread (a really delish mushroom/onion combo)
Spring is finally here and we have some good porch weather. My wife pulled this wine as part of a blind yesterday. I don’t usually drink Brunello with pizza, but it’s still a fantastic match and we were pretty committed to pizza tonight when this wine was opened. Last pic is of a Bandol Rose that goes as well with the weather as the Brunello does with pizza.
And this was at La Grapperia Pizza & Bistro at Spice Route, near Paarl, South Africa - La Grapperia Pizza & Bistro – Spice Route Destination
The accompanying wine was Spice Route Chenin Blanc, absolutely delish chilled and consumed on a baking hot day sitting under trees above vineyards.
Did not have the dessert Nutella Pizza - Thin base pizza topped with Nutella, banana, and walnuts. Served with cream or ice cream.
Man, those pizzas look great. What did you pair with the New Walk? (Glad you like it, btw).
Thanks! Making pizza is super fun for me, i’ve been getting real into it.
The New Walk was on hand for the Pesto chicken pizza and the various white sauce pizzas (some of which had a tiny bit of kick). Generally I think white wine is pairing better with all sorts of pizza and food compared to reds lately. It doesn’t hurt that the weather is warming up around here either!
Nice wine choices in these two posts, Buzz. How was the Susucaru?
My last note still applies…
the 24 is crunchy bright, with more bitters in its youth…has that wonderful strawberry and raspberry fruit…wild sage bramble…screaming blood orange acidity…not much funk, yet!
Sounds great and I’ll keep my eyes peeled. Reportedly the winemaking at Cornelissen is much more conventional these days as compared to the earlier, more natural years, though I’ll say that my luck was actually fairly good with earlier bottlings. I was never buying at the high end, so cant comment on the Magma, etc., but I never had a really funky let alone spoiled wine from him. I know others had much worse luck!
It used to be a buy in a restaurant where you can return it type of wine.
