Chianti Classico Riserva
TYPE
Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG
VINEYARD LOCATION
Selection of grapes of the best Chianti Classico-area vineyeards (Castelnuovo Berardenga - Siena)
ALTITUDE
350-400 metres
SOIL PROFILE
Medium-textured, predominantly calcareous marl breakdown of alberese and galestro strata, with abundant gravel-pebble mixture, resting on the Monte Morello formation or on macigno del Chianti sandstone
TRAINING SYSTEM
Guyot and spur-pruned cordon
GRAPES
Sangiovese 100%
HARVEST
First half of October
VINIFICATION AND MATURATION
28-30°C fermentation on the skins for 18-20 days followed by malolactic fermentation in steel. 80% of the wine then matures for 24 months in 60- or 90- hl Slavonian oak botti, and 20% in 225-litre French barriques, followed by a further 6 months or so in the bottle.
BOTTLES PRODUCED
280,000
SERVING TEMPERATURE
18° C
ALCOHOL
12.8% Vol.
TOTAL ACIDITY
5.8 g/l
RESIDUAL SUGAR
1.3 g/l
CELLARING
10 years
