Quick Sip #1 – The Legend of the Gallo Nero 🐓
Florence and Siena settled a 13th‑century land dispute with a dawn horse race. Each city chose a rooster as its “alarm clock.” Siena’s was pampered; Florence’s black rooster was kept hungry—so it crowed early, letting the Florentine rider leave first and claim most of Chianti.
Today that crafty Black Rooster (Gallo Nero) stamps every bottle of Chianti Classico DOCG as a nod to the region’s feisty spirit and centuries‑old quality pledge.
