Wine of the Day, No. 843

Think pizza, burgers, red-sauce pastas, braised lamb shanks ....

Carmignano is a small wine region about 10 miles northwest of Florence in Tuscany’s Chianti zone. How small? The DOCG classified, sangiovese-dominant wines of Carmignano derive from only some 270 acres of vines that yield about 71,500 gallons of red wine, that is, just under 6,000 cases. What’s unique about the brave, little region is that in the 19th C…