Chianti is an Italian red wine produced in the Chianti region of central Tuscany, principally from the Sangiovese grape. It was historically associated with a squat bottle enclosed in a straw basket, called a fiasco. However, the fiasco is now only used by a few makers of the wine; most Chianti is bottled in more standard-shaped wine bottles. In the late 19th century, Baron Bettino Ricasoli helped establish Sangiovese as the blend's dominant grape variety, creating the blueprint for today's Chianti wines.
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Chianti is an appellation in Tuscany, Italy. Its rules allow Sangiovese. We track 131 of its wines in stock at 59 shops, from 53 wine houses, from € 5.20; mostly red.
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Tuscany
- Grapes allowed
- Sangiovese
- In our wines
- Sangiovese, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canaiolo, Malvasia
- Styles
- Red 126 · Dessert 4 · White 1
- Prices
- from € 5.20 · median € 19.99 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +3.7 °C · 2,283 GDD · 41 % rain |
| 2025 | 10 | € 7.50 | € 12.68 | – | hotdry +1.6 °C · 2,058 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 2024 | 22 | € 7.50 | € 12.78 | – | hot +2.1 °C · 2,172 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2023 | 12 | € 5.20 | € 22.11 | – | hotdry harvest +1.6 °C · 2,064 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2022 | 14 | € 7.90 | € 16.63 | – | hotdry +2.2 °C · 2,194 GDD · 60 % rain |
| 2021 | 11 | € 12.00 | € 26.09 | 94.0 (1 wine) | averagedrydry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,819 GDD · 52 % rain |
| 2020 | 7 | € 13.38 | € 27.95 | 96.0 (1 wine) | average +0.3 °C · 1,782 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2019 | 6 | € 9.33 | € 47.98 | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,881 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 2018 | 3 | € 26.63 | € 27.16 | – | hotdry harvest +1.0 °C · 1,924 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2017 | 1 | € 35.99 | € 35.99 | – | hotdrywet harvest +1.0 °C · 1,923 GDD · 65 % rain |
| 2016 | 2 | € 35.99 | € 56.00 | 96.0 (1 wine) | average −0.2 °C · 1,666 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 2015 | 1 | € 99.00 | € 99.00 | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,822 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,596 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2013 | 2 | € 18.00 | € 38.37 | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,693 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,895 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 2011 | 1 | € 60.07 | € 120.14 | – | averagedry +0.4 °C · 1,805 GDD · 65 % rain |
| 2010 | 3 | € 31.98 | € 120.14 | 98.0 (1 wine) | cold −1.1 °C · 1,485 GDD · 128 % rain |
| 2009 | 2 | € 46.90 | € 83.52 | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,807 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,731 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,789 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,722 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,628 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,645 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.2 °C · 1,988 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.4 °C · 1,624 GDD · 132 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,713 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,809 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,774 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,718 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.7 °C · 1,641 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | coldwet harvest −1.5 °C · 1,385 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 1,467 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,764 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,698 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.4 °C · 1,627 GDD · 140 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.3 °C · 1,489 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,689 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.3 °C · 1,439 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,665 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,699 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,550 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,713 GDD · 57 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −2.3 °C · 1,274 GDD · 136 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,565 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,678 GDD · 120 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Chianti's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
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