Babo Chianti 2023 james-halliday mineral-laden finish

mineral-laden finish

with perfectly balanced varietal tannins

adding a vague vanilla bean highlight

Fresh flavors of Golden Delicious apple and Meyer lemon are intertwined with layers of spice and crystallized ginger

clean nose

Babo Chianti 2023 james-halliday mineral-laden finishJustin 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,