{"product_id":"riecine-gioia-igt-2016-75cl","title":"Riecine, Gioia, IGT 2016 - 75cl","description":"\u003cp\u003eLa Gioia is Riecine's flagship — the barrel selection of their finest Sangiovese, and proof that a great Chianti estate can make a wine to rival Brunello without ever leaving the grape behind. It carries the Toscana IGT label rather than a DOCG, not because it aims lower but because Riecine wanted the freedom to bottle only the best fruit, 100% Sangiovese, on its own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2016 vintage is a gift here — widely rated one of the finest recent years in Tuscany, all balance and perfume and ripe, well-knit tannin. The wine spends two years in tonneaux, a mix of new and used, then rests in bottle before release. Wine Advocate scored it around 94 points.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpect a deeper, more brooding register than the estate Chianti: blackberry and blackcurrant, dried cherry, tobacco and turned earth. The palate is medium-to-full, firm and velvety at once, with crisp acidity keeping it lifted and a long finish of cocoa and tobacco that tightens as it goes. This is structured, serious Sangiovese that is only now hitting its stride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen it for a meal you've thought about, or cellar it — it has a decade and more in front of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to Serve\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe at 17-18°C. Decant one to two hours before pouring; it is still young and tightly wound. A large Bordeaux or Burgundy glass suits its depth. Drinking well now through the mid-2030s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhere to Drink It\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe River Cafe, for Italian cooking that meets it as an equal. Wiltons, for the ceremony a flagship deserves. Scott's, if the night calls for one great bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFood Pairings\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBistecca alla Fiorentina, thick and rare, is the match this wine was built for. Or wild boar ragu over pappardelle for something earthier.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Decant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53674823221572,"sku":"HO30202B16","price":54.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0858\/2551\/9940\/files\/HUB-10295173-1-IB-STOCK-N_1_9a65e454-1ff7-4a5d-998b-7ca2fff0cdce.png?v=1731424255","url":"https:\/\/checkout.houseofdecant.com\/products\/riecine-gioia-igt-2016-75cl","provider":"House of Decant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}