Event
Open Bottle - Dievole "Novocento" Chianti Classico
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Time: 04:00pm - 08:00pm
Type: Wine Tasting
Location: The Wine Cabinet
Event Free
Every Thursday from 4:00 until 8:00 pm we open a special bottle of wine and offer to you at a highly discounted price.
The wines are typically 90 points or better and are discounted 20-40%. Sometimes even more! when we can get special pricing from our vendors , we pass the savings along to you!!
Come in on Thursday and sample. If you can't make it, call us and we can put some aside for you!!
(All purchases must be accompanied by a credit card.)
DIEVOLE'
"NOVOCENTO"
Chianti Classico Riserva
2014
Tuscany, Italy
Dievole which means "God willing" from the root “Dio vuole” was first recorded as producing wine in 1090!
That's right 927 years ago! And getting better every year!!
When we first opened the shop back in 2003 Dievole was our go to Chanti. After disappearing from Virginia for the last 10 years we are pleased to bring this re-introductory offer to you just in time for Thanksgiving!
91 Plus Points! Robert Parker The Wine Advocate
"Dievole has outmaneuvered and seemingly outsmarted the difficult 2014 growing season. The 2014 Chianti
Classico Riserva "Novecento" is a rich and nicely concentrated wine that shows substantial density without feeling heavy. In fact, the wine is mid-weight in essence, although it offers enough concentration and richness to keep the palate satiated and fulfilled. The finish is elegant and silky. The blend is 95% Sangiovese, 3% Canaiolo and 2% Colorino."
A Gambero Rosso 2018
Three Glass (Tre Biccieri) Award Winner!
The highest Award for wines in Italy!
Only 60 are awarded each year from over 10,000 entries!!
Our Thoughts on this wine.....
This vibrant red opens with aromas of forest and wet soil, cured meat and a whiff of vanilla and oak. The smooth, lively palate offers dried black cherry, ripe dark berry and star anise alongside fine dusty tannins and ground pepper that leaves a long and rather raspy finish. Perfect for the holiday meals!!
Our Regular Price $44.99
Special Sale Price Only
$33.00 a bottle
$174 per six pack!!! ($29.00)
Can’t make it Thursday?
Call us at 703-668-WINE (9463)
DIEVOLE' - A thousand years of history……
Dievole is set in tranquil surroundings, nestled in the beautiful Tuscan hills, long known as a little piece of heaven on Earth.
Here the dialogue between Mankind and Nature has never been interrupted, and its very name explains why: In fact, the root of the word Dievole comes from “Dio vuole” or “God willing”.
The name Dievole officially appeared for the first time in a contract in which Rodolfino and Vinizio paid two capons, three loaves of bread, and 6 silver Lucca denari for a promise of the divine vineyard. It was on the 10th of May 1090. During those years Leif Erikson was discovering North America, the Chinese were inventing gunpowder, Bologna opened the world’s first university, the Normans were invading Rome, and Pope Urban II was conquering Jerusalem.
Eight centuries and countless generations later, another contract mentions Dievole. This time it was a wedding gift. Count Giulio Terrosi-Vagnoli gave the Estate, costing 361,632 lira, to his future wife Ildegonda Camaiori, who was to be the last noblewoman of Dievole. She is responsible for an invaluable document that has survived to this day: Dievole’s Ledger of Balances containing all the names of the peasant families at the time, and the name of the holding entrusted to them. These are names that hint at the passion of Chianti’s people for their own land. Many descendants of those families are still here. Since the 1980’s, their age-old wisdom has returned to care for Dievole’s vineyards: 16 vineyards, just like the 16 holdings into which the property was divided.