Chianti Classico
D.O.C.G.
“This wine, with its full, balanced flavour, bears honest testimony to its territory and ancient tradition.”
Produced according to the most traditional Chianti Classico processes, this Sangiovese based wine offers an authentic character, in which elegance and roughness coexist in balance . A medium body wine its juicy tannins and a beautiful freshness making it particularly suitable for accompanying food.
Vintage conditions
An unusual year marked by early, regular vine development and a warm, dry spring that led to excellent flowering. Summer brought intense heat and drought, accelerating ripening. In August, hailstorms severely impacted most vineyards. Despite the challenges, careful vineyard management and the vine’s resilience ensured good to excellent fruit quality in the surviving plots.
Despite low yields across Italy, the 2021 vintage delivered healthy, well-balanced grapes thanks to its resilience to climatic extremes. In Tuscany, April frost and summer drought reduced quantity, especially in young vines. However, ideal September conditions allowed for a late harvest of exceptional Sangiovese from older vineyards—limited in volume but outstanding in complexity and elegance, surpassing expectations.
The vintage was challenging in the region, with late September and October rainfalls but the location and exposure of each vineyard helped maintain elegance and overall quality. Lower yield with lighter tannic density for some vineyards coupled by very good grapes with excellent character and spice.
Eccellent vintage either by volume and quality. Very balanced, healthy, perfectly ripe grapes, by all vineyards – different zones, for altitudes, exposure and microclimate it has been uniform, everywhere. We had peaks of unbelievable excellence, the structure of the grapes has also allowed us to macerate for a long time, and therefore we expect red wines that will express themselves well in the long term, the Sangiovese has given great results.
The weather was quite unusual in 2018, beginning with very rainy and cold conditions in February and March. While this precipitation was needed, bud break started late. While June and July were ideal, the conditions were quite variable from July 20 to August 23, with sultry heat and often afternoon thunderstorms. The last big storm hit the area end of August some later little rain enabled the grapes to reach their full maturation. At harvest the grapes showed wonderful condition, very fresh and well ripe, giving a classic style wine with plenty of harmony and balance. The quantity were also good. Before the summer we expected to start the harvest at the end of September but the Sangiovese was ready before then in the majority of the territory.
Frosts in April (18th/20th ), have hit some zones, going to jeopardize part of the budding that had been from good to excellent in the whole region. This gave negative repercussions on all subsequent phases. The year was then marked by the high temperatures and the drought that affected the whole region, difficult to compensate through irrigation rescue operations because of the lack of rain. These conditions have resulted in an insignificant incidence of disease in the entire region and in healthy grapes, with a higher gradation than the last five years. The drought damages the youngest Sangiovese vineyards. The rains at the beginning of September have instead raised the grapes quality level in our oldest vineyards. Harvest was anticipated 18/21 days.
Excellent vintage. It was a generally regular climate year, without health issues for the vineyards. the only event to attract the growers’ attention was the lack of rain late July during veraison, but the drought was relieved by rain in late August and early eptember. Steady warm weather without peaks of excessive heat in the final month maintained the balance and helped the grapes to ripen perfectly without over-maturation.
