Villa Calcinaia - Chianti Classico 2017 (750ml)

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Producer	Villa Calcinaia
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Varietal	Sangiovese
Vintage	2017
Sku	82088
Size	750ml

Villa Calcinaia Description

From their 30 hectars of vineyards, the Counts Capponi produce wines internationally recognised and enjoyed since the beginning of the 20th century. However, the products of Villa Calcinaia were already well known since the 16th century, as proven by documents in the family archive. Over the last 50 years the Capponi have continuously been investing in their wine making in order to improve the quality at the same time bearing in mind the ties of the terroir and its respected traditions.

Thus, following the custom of the time, starts the contract drawn up on the 23rd of May 1524 by Sebastiano del Caccia and Niccola di Andrea Capponi, by which the former sold to Capponi "four poderi (self-contained agricultural units) and a gentleman's house, at the place called Calcinaia. In 1524, Calcinaia looked very different from what it does today: a map, sketched the same year of the contract, shows two buildings overlooking the road to Greve, the drive in front of the Villa today.

This wine is usually produced from the best blocks of old vines (planted between 1959 and 1975) with the sunniest exposition in the estate owned by the Conti Capponi near Greve in Chianti. The ripe and perfectly healthy grapes from each block are long fermented and then aged separately for 20 months in French oak 500 liters tonneaux and Slavonian oak 30 hl casks. After the cuvee is made the wine ages for another 4/6 months before its bottling.
TASTING NOTES
The colour of Villa Calcinaia’s Chianti Classico Riserva is rich ruby, whilst the bouquet is mature in its fruit, well blended with the oak. The taste of the wine is soft, velvety. The structure is solid and the wood well integrated. The aftertaste is spicy and persistent.

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