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Castello di Monsanto Tuscany Chianti Classico

Castello di Monsanto

Castello di Monsanto Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Il Poggio 2020

Red still

  • Castello di Monsanto Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Il Poggio 2020
  • Castello di Monsanto Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Il Poggio 2020
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Castello di Monsanto Tuscany Chianti Classico
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Denomination Chianti Classico DOCG
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.5% by volume
Area Tuscany (Italy)
Grape varieties 95% Sangiovese, Canaiolo Nero, Colorino
Aging In 500-liter French oak barrels, partly new and partly second-hand for 18-20 months.
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Description

It was Il Poggio vineyard, way back in 1962, that heralded the start of Castello di Monsanto’s journey in wine production, with the first harvest presided over by founding father Fabrizio Bianchi. Still to this day the company’s most iconic bottle, Il Poggio is the first Chianti Classico to feature the name of the specific vineyard that produces it. White grapes were removed from the recipe in 1968. Il Poggio is the source – thanks to massal selection – of all the Sangiovese, Colorino and Canaiolo plants in the company’s other vineyards. Over 100,00 bottles have been produced, all of them spending time aging in the castle’s historic cellar, illustrating the wine’s stunning aging capacity.

Perfume

Perfume

The olfactory physiognomy is enticing with notes of carcadè and redcurrant, smoke, fine sweet spices, thyme, laurel, roses and violet.

Color

Color

Garnet curtains, with shaded nail.

Taste

Taste

In the mouth it has vibrant tannins, fresh acidity and a long finish with a pleasant sensation of bitter almond.

Serve at:

18 - 20 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines

Producer
Castello di Monsanto
From this winery
  • Start up year: 1962
  • Oenologist: Andrea Giovannini
  • Bottles produced: 450.000
  • Hectares: 72
Today the beating hearts of Castello di Monsanto are Fabrizio and Laura Bianchi. They are the future and have preserved that impressive vision from 60 years ago. Their journey has been shaped with inspiration and choices that are not always easy and taking the road less traveled has made it more surprising albeit uncertain.

Wine in Tuscany was not yet ready for a revolution. Audacity, determination, and foresight were key to pursuing ideas that might have seemed obscure at the time, but later played a large part in the history of Chianti Classico. Today Laura, Fabrizio's daughter, continues what her father, thanks to her grandfather Aldo, started, by transforming longstanding tradition with pride and tenacity. Because the future passes right through here: from what was built yesterday for a better tomorrow. Read more
Production area: Tuscany
Tuscany
Castello di Monsanto

Ideal for red meat dishes, cheeses.

Meat
Game
Cheese
Matured cheese
Pork

Name Castello di Monsanto Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Il Poggio 2020
Type Red still
Denomination Chianti Classico DOCG
Vintage 2020
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.5% by volume
Grape varieties 95% Sangiovese, Canaiolo Nero, Colorino
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Vendor Castello di Monsanto
Origin Barberino Val d'Elsa (FI)
Cultivation system Guyot e spurred cordon.
Wine making In temperature-controlled truncated conical steel vats with emptying system (Délestage) and pumping over for about 20-22 days.
Aging In 500-liter French oak barrels, partly new and partly second-hand for 18-20 months.
Allergens Contains sulphites