“Vallenuova” Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG 2023 (BIO)

Tolaini | Tuscany
Tolaini Soc. Agr. S.r.l. | S.P. 9 di Pievasciata 28 | IT 53019 Castelnuovo Berardenga

29332723 · 0,75 l · 32,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately

A name rises: Vallenuova, previously the estate's entry-level Chianti, will become a Riserva with the 2023 vintage. The vineyard, which surrounds the winery like a natural amphitheatre, bears the place name – still the official address of Tolaini in Castelnuovo Berardenga. What has changed is the time: instead of ten months, the Riserva now matures for much longer in a triad of Tuscan, Slavonian and Austrian oak before resting in the bottle for another few months. The base is now also clearly defined: 100% Sangiovese from silty-clayey soils with limestone and stones. Double selection – by hand in the vineyard, visually in the cellar – 20 days of maceration on the skins, temperature-controlled fermentation.

The extended ageing gives the wine a new dimension: deeper fruit, finer tannin structure, more length. Black cherry and tobacco, as before, plus nuances of cedar wood and Mediterranean herbs. A Sangiovese that emphatically articulates its origins in the southernmost corner of Chianti Classico – and shows what Vallenuova always wanted to be: not an entry-level wine, but the statement of the House of Tolaini. SUPERIORE.DE