Unità Geografiche Aggiuntive: Chianti Classico’s new units of terroir

Chianti Classico producers are now able to put one of 11 Unità Geografiche Aggiuntive, or “Additional Geographical Units,” on their labels. For Jim Clarke, it’s a welcome official acknowledgement of the significant variations in the Tuscan region’s terroir. Chianti Classico is a large area—almost 26,000 hectares (64,247 acres)—but only 4,083ha (10,089 acres) of that is… View Article