Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Radda DOCG 2021 (BIO)

Agricola Querciabella | Tuscany
Soc. Agr. Querciabella S.p.A. | Via di Barbiano 17 | IT 50022 Greve

09444821 · 0,75 l · 265,33 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately
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Rialdoli, Bagnaccio, Oasi: three plots on the western edge of Radda, on the right bank of the Pesa, part of Querciabella since 2007. Together they cover 14.5 hectares at altitudes between 400 and 450 metres, predominantly on galestro soil, yet no two are alike. Rialdoli is exposed to the wind, rocky and well-drained. Bagnaccio is cooler and more humid, with more clay in the soil. Oasi combines the best of both in a sheltered location, surrounded by woodland. Radda's climate brings significant daily temperature variations during the ripening period; coupled with a constant breeze, the Sangiovese ripens slowly, evenly and over a long period. It was here, in 2007, that the estate made its first attempt to produce a wine from a single vineyard – one that was never intended for sale. Fourteen years later, that experiment has become a Gran Selezione. Maceration can last up to 30 days, with selected batches undergoing submerged cap maceration; the wine is then aged in large oak casks for 16 or even 18 months, depending on the plot, and continues to mature in the bottle: The appellation stipulates 30 months; the estate allows 48 months, including bottle ageing, before the wine is released for sale.

Black cherry, blood orange and pomegranate, violets, juniper, Mediterranean herbs. The palate is taut and precise, the fruit dark, the tannins finely chiselled and polished, the acidity lively, and the final salty, mineral and very long. The estate has described this wine as "tension and structure", and rarely has a description been so apt. SUPERIORE.DE