Castello di Cacchiano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Millenio 2015

Castello di Cacchiano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Millenio 2015

Castello di Cacchiano, 0,75 l - 15.50%
100% Sangiovese

CHF 28.97
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Tuscany - Italy
Red still

How to serve

Serve at:

18 - 20°C.

Decanting time:

1 Hour

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Glass:
Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines
Castello di Cacchiano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Millenio 2015

Pairing

Meat
Game
Cheese
Matured cheese
Pork

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Features

Name Castello di Cacchiano Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Millenio 2015
Type Red still
Classification DOCG Chianti Classico Gran Selezione
Year 2015
Size 0,75 l Standard
Alcohol content 15.50% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Sangiovese
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Origin Village of Monti in Chianti, Town of Gaiole in Chianti (Siena).
Climate Altitude: 380-400 m a.s.l. Exposure: mainly south.
Soil composition Medium-textured soils of alberese rocks, with a good presence of skeleton.
Cultivation system Spurred cordon.
No. plants per hectare 3,300 in the oldest vineyards; between 5,000 and 9,260 vines in the most recent vineyards.
Harvest Early October.
Fermentation temperature 30-31 °C (86-87.8 °F)
Vinification Maceration with skins for 4 weeks.
Ageing 4 years and a half in small barrels of about 20-hl each, barriques and tonneaux made of French oak from the Allier area.
Total acidity 6.80 gr/L
pH 3.20
Residual sugars 2.10 gr/L
Dry extract 32.80 gr/L
Allergens Contains sulphites

Official awards

Expert

Award

Description

Vintage

James Suckling
91/100 
2015
Veronelli
 
3 red stars - An excellent wine 2015
xtraWine
92/100 
2015
Decanter
89/100 
2013
Decanter
95/100 
2010
Castello di Cacchiano
From this winery:

In 1974 the Ricasoli family, after having produced wines for centuries, founded the present farm with the brand “Castello di Cacchiano”. It was in that year that the noblewoman Elisabetta Balbi Valier, widow of the Baron Alberto Ricasoli-Firidolfi wh...

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