chianti

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A hilly geographic region in central Tuscany, Italy, famous for red wines.
2. (countable, uncountable)A Tuscan red wine.
3. (alt-of, countable, uncountable)Alternative letter-case form of Chianti.

   “A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.”

   “[…] the Spouse scavenged and sold scrap metal for a fistful of lire, ate horse meat without censure and lugged straw baskets home from the neighborhood osteria, where chianti flowed from spigots.”