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Chianti
[ kee-ahn-tee, -an-; Italian kyahn-tee ]
noun
- a dry, red, Italian table wine, originally put up in straw-covered bottles.
Chianti
1/ ˈkjanti /
plural noun
- a mountain range in central Italy, in Tuscany, rising over 870 m (2900 ft): part of the Apennines
chianti
2/ kɪˈæntɪ /
noun
- sometimes capital a dry red wine produced in the Chianti region of Italy
Word History and Origins
Origin of Chianti1
Example Sentences
Bartali chain-smoked while he biked and drank glass after glass of Chianti the night before a race.
Both are very good Sangiovese based wines from Chianti and both are blended with traditional indigenous varieties.
The summer pick was a Tuscan Chianti, Fontodi Chianti Classico 2006.
You eat at a big round table, with a great long-necked bottle of chianti swung on a balance in the centre.
The valley of the Arno is rich and fertile, bordered by cultivable hills, which produce the famous Chianti wine.
He ordered a small flask of Chianti with the dinner, and it came in its pretty wicker jacket.
They had lunch at Romano's, where Barnes drank a good deal of Chianti and became full of confidence in his future.
Dominique was observed draining a glass of Chianti, and solemnly casting forth the last drops in libation.
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