Babo Chianti 2023 james-halliday clean nose

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Manna shows its best qualities when combined with noble and rich dishes

Medium to deep crimson with purple hues

adding a vague vanilla bean highlight

with perfectly balanced varietal tannins

Babo Chianti 2023 james-halliday clean noseJustin Bubb splits his year between Tasmania (Pooley Wines) and Tuscany, where he makes a delicious collection of wines under the BABO label. There are a couple of firsts here; this is the first Chianti to be bottled under screwcap and it's one of the first to be bottled in a Burgundy bottle as opposed to the traditional 'Claret; shape. For this Italian take on Beaujolais, Justin Bubb has employed whole berry fermentation with 30% carbonic maceration,