Red China slightly damaged? Then take it back (7)
I believe the answer is:
chianti
'red' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'china slightly damaged? then take it back' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'china' is 'chian' which is within the answer.
'it' could be 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis) and 't' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'i' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chianti that I've seen before include "I can hit for popular Italian wine" , "Dry red Italian wine" , "Tuscan red wine" , "Chain it to popular Italian wine" , "Italian offering" .)