Wine region
Chianti
Chianti is a wine region in Italy, home to 56 wineries, known for Sangiovese.
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Characteristic grapes
Chianti is best known for Sangiovese.
Wine profile
236 distinct Chianti wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
Representative Chianti wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- 90+ Cellars — Lot 207
- Antinori (Santa Cristina) — Chianti
- Armeli — Chianti
- Averys — Chianti
- Badia a Coltibuono — Chianti
- Badia di Morrona — I Sodi del Paretaio Riserva
- Balzo — Chianti
- Banfi — Chianti
Italy wine designations
- DOC
- DOC is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status.
- DOCG
- DOCG is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status.
- IGP
- IGP denotes the EU protected geographical indication scheme for food and wine, linking a product’s quality, reputation or other characteristic to geographical origin.
- IGT
- IGT is the Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected geographical indication (IGP) status.
- PDO
- PDO is the European Union protected designation of origin category.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
FAQs
- Where is Chianti?
- Chianti is an Italian red wine produced in the Chianti region of central Tuscany , principally from the Sangiovese grape.
- Which grapes are associated with Chianti?
- Chianti is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Sangiovese. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
- What do the designation terms on Chianti wines mean?
- DOC: DOC is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status. DOCG: DOCG is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Chianti?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Chianti wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Chianti?
- The current regional catalogue contains 236 linked wines from 56 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.