Istine, Chianti Classico, 2023 26REASONABLE There’s a brooding beauty here—this

There’s a brooding beauty here—this isn’t a wine that flatters early

When Mia Subotic took over her family's Côte Chalonnaise estate in 2020

showing red and black fruits

or delicate seafood dishes

which therefore cannot be called Amontillado

Istine, Chianti Classico, 2023 26REASONABLE There’s a brooding beauty here—thisThe wine that anchors Istine's reputation: a deeply traditional, aromatic Chianti Classico from Radda, made by the charming Angela Fronti, a Flatiron favorite we've featured more times than we can count. Like everything she makes, it's 100% Sangiovese, vinified with long maceration and aged in big, neutral botti so the elegant, high altitude character of Radda comes through cleanly. Radda is famed for some of the most fragrant and refined Sangiovese