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Chianti
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Chi·an·ti  (k-änt, -n-)
n.
A dry red table wine made from a blend of different varieties of grapes, originally produced in northwest Italy.
[After the Chianti Mountains, a range of the Apennines in central Italy.]
chianti [kɪˈæntɪ]
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) (sometimes capital) a dry red wine produced in the Chianti region of Italy
Chianti (Italian) [ˈkjanti]
pl n
(Placename) a mountain range in central Italy, in Tuscany, rising over 870 m (2900 ft.): part of the Apennines
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Noun1.Chianti - dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of TuscanyChianti - dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany
red wine - wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes
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For a fiver or so you mightn't get the layers and complexity of better chiantis or Barbera d'Asti or whatever else, but this is wine to glug with your mates.
Wines of the week by The Mirror (London, England)
Great as they were, oftentimes these internationalized Chiantis tasted more like any other over-extracted, dark and powerful wine than a juicy redfruited Chianti Classico, especially when draped in too much new oak.
CHIANTI CLASSICO 2009 REPORT by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
Only in 1996 Chianti Classico obtained the definitive consecration of its importance and its precedence: Chianti Classico, in fact, was recognized as an independent appellation, establishing once and for all its diversity and independence of the other Chiantis.
The Difference Between 'Chianti' Wine and 'Chianti Classico' Wine by Montefioralle / Food/cooking/nutrition community
 
 
 
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