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Serve at:
16 - 18 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour

- Start up year: 1141
- Oenologist: Carlo Ferrini
- Bottles produced: 2.500.000
- Hectares: 235
Francesco Ricasoli, current owner and President of the company, has generated new ideas and concepts to render the vineyards sustainable. The ongoing study of soil types and the clonal selection of the Brolio Sangiovese are among his greatest passions, and he has totally renovated the vineyards and completely mapped them. The new wines are therefore the expression of research carried out with the same scientific rigor of his illustrious ancestor but with a contemporary spirit, like a runner receiving the baton and carrying it forward with renewed energy. Read more


Name | Ricasoli 1141 Chianti Classico Brolio Riserva 2021 |
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Type | Red still |
Denomination | Chianti Classico DOCG |
Vintage | 2021 |
Size | 0,75 l |
Alcohol content | 14.0% by volume |
Grape varieties | 100% Sangiovese |
Country | Italy |
Region | Tuscany |
Vendor | Ricasoli 1141 |
Climate | Altitude: 300-400 m a.s.l. Exposure: South/South-West. |
Soil composition | Vineyard soils vary greatly but all are strewn with stony fragments adding mineral richness. |
Cultivation system | Spurred cordon and Guyot. |
Plants per hectare | 5,500-6,600 |
Harvest | The Sangiovese was harvested between the end of September and mid-October. |
Fermentation temperature | 24-27 °C (75.2-80.6 °F) |
Fermentation | 14 6 days. |
Wine making | Fermentation in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature of 24-27 °C (75.2-80.6 °F) with 14 6 days of skin contact. |
Aging | 18 months in tonneaux of first and second passage. |
Total acidity | 5.62 gr/L |
PH | 3.33 |
Residual sugar | 27.16 gr/L |
Allergens | Contains sulphites |