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Chianti

Chianti vineyards

From good Chianti, an aged wine, majestic and imperious, that passes through my heart and chases away without trouble every worry and grief… Francesco Redi, Bacchus in Tuscany

In the 17th century, naturalist and poet Francesco Redi was the first to note the virtues of ‘Florentine red’ from Chianti, but since then the Italians have invested a lot of worry and grief into defining exactly what ‘Chianti’ means.

The name apparently derives from an Etruscan family named Clanti; geographically it refers, roughly, to the hilly region between Florence and Siena, bordered by the Florence–Siena Superstrada del Palio and the A1 from Florence to Arezzo. The part within Siena province is known as Chianti Storico or Chianti Geografico, once the territories of the Lega del Chianti, a consortium of barons formed in 1385 to protect their interests (and their wine), who adopted a black cockerel as their emblem.

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Along the Chiantigiana

Heart of the Chianti

Badia à Coltibuono

Abbey and Winery

Castellina in Chianti

Florentine Frontier Town, and Etruscans

Castello di Brolio

The Vines of the Iron Baron

Chianti Sculpture Park

Contemporary Art and Music in the Woods

Gaiole in Chianti

And nearby castelloes

Greve in Chianti

Chianti Capital

Impruneta

Terracotta Town With a Holy Icon

Panzano in Chianti

Famous for its Butcher

Radda in Chianti

Medieval Town

San Casciano in Val di Pesa

And Surrounding Villas and Vines

Verrazzano

Birthplace of the Explorer

Via Cassia

Along One of Chianti's Prettiest Roads

Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

Images by H. Hoffmeister, Steven Depolo