Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG 2022 (BIO)

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    Brancaia s.a. a r.l. | Loc. Poppi | IT 53017 Radda in Chianti

    Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG 2022 (BIO)
    74,00 €

    09324822 · 0,75 l · 98,67 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately

    Ratings

    This vintage has not been rated yet. The 2021 vintage received the following awards:

    • Wine Classics: Chianti
    • Grape variety: 100% Sangiovese
    • Cultivation: biological
    • Maturation: 18/3 months tonneau/cement tank
    • Vegan: yes
    • Filtration: yes
    • Alcohol content: 14,50 % vol
    • Serving temperature: 18‑20 °C
    • Storage potential: 2040+
    • Closure: natural cork
    • Food recommendations
      roast meat, game and mature cheese
    • Total extract: 30,55 g/l
    • Total acidity: 6,01 g/l
    • Residual sugar: < 0,50 g/l
    • Sulfite: 89 mg/l
    • pH value: 3,41
    • Eco-Control-No.: IT‑BIO‑015
    • Allergens
      contains sulphites
    Character
    • Strong/spicy/earthy
    Fits to
    • Game birds
    • Dark meat
    • Grilled of any kind
    • Cheese made of raw milk
    • Cheese well matured
    • Pizza/pasta/casseroles and others
    • Strong game dishes
    • Mild game dishes
    stored air-conditioned Bookmark

    In 1981, Bruno and Brigitte Widmer from Switzerland bought an estate in Castellina in Chianti. They were not from a family of winegrowers, nor did they have any local roots – just the conviction that this patch of land held something extraordinary. The vineyard, which the estate refers to internally as ‘Vigna 10’ or ‘Blocco 10’, immediately caught their eye: a south-east-facing plot at an altitude of 240 to 265 metres, on clay-rich galestro soil, which gives the Sangiovese in Chianti Classico its characteristic balance between intensity and freshness. The Widmers knew this. Yet they waited. For before a vineyard can give its best, it needs vines with roots that run deep enough. In 1999, the plot was replanted – with five of the finest Sangiovese clones, which the ambitious "Chianti Classico 2000" research project had selected from across the entire Chianti region in the 1980s. This was no quick fix, but a commitment that took decades to realise.

    Brancaia released the first vintage of its Gran Selezione in 2019 – once the vines were old enough to demonstrate the full potential of this vineyard. 100% Sangiovese, organically farmed. Vinification and selection focus exclusively on the very best of this plot. 18 months’ ageing in French oak tonneaux, followed by three months in concrete tanks to develop finesse and minerality – and at least a further twelve months’ bottle ageing. 2022 was a warm, concentrated vintage in Castellina – the Galestro soils of Vigna 10, which retain moisture and slow down ripening, proved to be the ideal counterbalance to the summer heat.

    A deep, luminous ruby red. The bouquet is complex and aromatic: red fruits, herbs, leather, liquorice, tobacco – — multi-layered and imbued with great serenity. On the palate, it displays great structure and refined elegance, with final long-lasting, precise final. A wine that embodies four decades of patience. SUPERIORE.DE

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