Felsina
Felsina Chianti Classico Rancia Riserva 2019
Other years:
2020| Denomination | Chianti Classico DOCG |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume |
| Area | Tuscany (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Sangiovese |
| Aging | 12-18 months’ maturation. The lots are blended and bottled, with 6-10 months’ ageing in glass. |
| Other years | 2020 |
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
18 - 20 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
- Start up year: 1966
- Oenologist: Franco Bernabei
- Bottles produced: 565.300
- Hectares: 72
Before the eye that ranges unencumbered in all directions, a metaphysical landscape takes shape. A wondrous unfolding of hills, none blocking its neighbour, all offering a spacious spectra of colour, from yellow to indigo, in luminous waves rolling to a horizon majestically profiled with an ancient volcano, Monte Amiata, beloved of the Etruscans, he enigmatic people who at the dawn of Italic civilisation introduced vines and olives to the peninsula.
This en-lightened land lived an extraordinary moment in Italy’s history, witnessing, if only for a few moments, the dream come true of an ideal city: Siena. Siena of the 13th and 14th centuries, where nature and art crowned the creative genius of those dwelling in such favoured spaces. Read more
| Name | Felsina Chianti Classico Rancia Riserva 2019 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Chianti Classico DOCG |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Sangiovese |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Vendor | Felsina |
| Origin | In the commune of Castelnuovo Berardenga (SI). |
| Climate | Altitude: 400 m. a.s.l. and with a good, South-facing exposure. |
| Soil composition | Quartzitic blue-grey sandstone, stratified sand and calcareous alberese mixed with alluvial pebbles. Limestone-sand marl galestro in the higher areas. |
| Cultivation system | Simple Guyot. |
| Plants per hectare | About 5,400 vines per hectare. |
| Yield per hectare | 4,000-4,500kg/ hl |
| Harvest | Exclusively by hand. |
| Fermentation temperature | 28-30 °C |
| Wine making | Grapes de-stemmed and crushed, then fermented at 28-30 °C, with automatic daily punch-downs, followed by 12 5-day maceration. Drawing-off almost at end of fermentation, into small and medium oak barrels in March-April for 12 8 months’ maturation. The lots are blended and bottled, with 6 0 months’ ageing in glass. |
| Aging | 12 8 months’ maturation. The lots are blended and bottled, with 6 0 months’ ageing in glass. |
| Year production | 48000 bottles |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |
