{"id":7172,"date":"2025-09-17T04:03:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T04:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/17\/chianti-lovers-day-2025-tuscany\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T04:03:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T04:03:57","slug":"chianti-lovers-day-2025-tuscany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/17\/chianti-lovers-day-2025-tuscany\/","title":{"rendered":"Chianti Lovers Day 2025 (Tuscany)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-7171\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lovers1.jpg\" alt=\"Lovers1\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"408\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lovers1.jpg 408w, https:\/\/wp.michaelpinkuswinereview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Lovers1-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chianti Lovers Day was short-lived in the tasting room. Slipped in for a couple of hours, tasted about 3 dozen wines; then I was whisked away to Selvapiana to have lunch and talk about two separate, but very interesting topics: the winery and a new style of wine from Chianti Rufina &#8211; Terraelectae. Both of these topics will be covered in an upcoming podcast of Two Guys Talking Wine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For now, here are the 14 wines that impressed me during my short tasting in the Chianti Lovers room.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>La Querce 2022 &#8220;La Torretta&#8221; &#8211; Chianti Colli Fiorentini Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; barrel &#8211; (BEST)<br \/>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fattoria Lavacchio Bio Winery 2022 Chianti Rufina Riserva DOCG<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; barrel &#8211; (BETTER)<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Fattoria San Michele a Torri 2022 Chianti Colli Fiorentini Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; barrel &#8211; (BETTER)<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>La Querce 2023 &#8220;Sorrettole&#8221; &#8211; Chianti Colli Fiorentini DOCG<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; barrel &#8211; (BETTER)<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Marchesi Gondi 2022 &#8220;Pian dei Sorbi&#8221; &#8211; Chianti Rufina Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; barrel &#8211; (BETTER)<br \/><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Torre a Cona 2023 &#8220;Corchiferro&#8221; &#8211; Chianti Colli Fiorentini DOCG<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; barrel &#8211; (BETTER)<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Torre a Cona 2022 &#8220;Terra di Cino&#8221; &#8211; Chianti Colli Fiorentini Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; barrel &#8211; (BETTER)<br \/>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Fattoria di Grignano 2022 &#8220;Poggio Gualtieri&#8221; &#8211; Chianti Rufina Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; (GOOD)<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Lanciola 2023 Chianti Colli Fiorentini DOCG<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; (GOOD)<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Malenchini 2023 Chianti Colli Fiorentini DOCG<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; (GOOD)<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Marchesi Gondi 2023 &#8220;San Giuliano&#8221; &#8211; Chianti Rufina DOCG<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; barrel &#8211; (GOOD)<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Torre a Cona 2022 &#8220;Badia Acorte&#8221; &#8211; Chianti Colli Fiorentini Riserva DOCG<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; barrel &#8211; (GOOD)<br \/><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Villa Travignoli 2023 Chianti Rufina DOCG<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; (GOOD)<br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Villa Travignoli 2023 Governo all&#8217;uso Toscano &#8211; Chianti Rufina DOCG<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; (GOOD)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Chianti Lovers Day was short-lived in the tasting room. Slipped in for a couple of hours, tasted about 3 dozen wines; then I was whisked away to Selvapiana to have lunch and talk about two separate, but very interesting topics: the winery and a new style of wine from Chianti Rufina &#8211; Terraelectae. 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