Caparsa, Chianti Classico, 2022 Balaton Offer Tim Smith’s 2023 Shiraz Bugalugs

Tim Smith’s 2023 Shiraz Bugalugs offers a fresh take on a classic Aussie Shiraz

the savory

if you can wait

never overdone

Caparsa, Chianti Classico, 2022 Balaton Offer Tim Smith’s 2023 Shiraz BugalugsRadda Sangiovese with the patience of a different era. Paolo Cianferoni has farmed Caparsa organically since 1982, working a small estate in the cool highlands of Radda in Chianti and aging his wines longer than nearly anyone else in the zone. The 2022 Chianti Classico is pure Sangiovese fermented with native yeasts and raised slowly in cement, which keeps the fruit transparent and the structure savory rather than polished. 2022 was a warm Tuscan