Pomona Chianti Classico

The call of the countryside was just too strong for Monica Raspi to resist. In 2007 when her mother was thinking about retiring and selling her great grandfather’s 150 year old estate in Chianti Classico, Monica promptly sold her veterinary clinic and set out to revitalize the family farm. Located in the densely forested commune of Castellina in Chianti, it’s not as high in elevation as her famous neighbors in rugged Radda, nor is it as warm a microclimate as you find in Greve or Panzano—in short, Castellina is the Goldilocks terroir for making complex, approachable Chianti Classico that shows structure and identity of place, but doesn’t stray into austerity.