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Castello di Meleto Tuscany Chianti Classico

Castello di Meleto

Castello di Meleto Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna Casi 2019

Red still

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Castello di Meleto Tuscany Chianti Classico
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Denomination Chianti Classico DOCG
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.0% by volume
Area Tuscany (Italy)
Grape varieties 100% Sangiovese
Aging 50% of the wine ages for 18 months in Slavonian oak barrels, and the remaining 50% ages in 225-litre second and third-passage barriques.
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Awards

  • 2019

    4

    Italian Sommelier Foundation (FIS) guide This has been one of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy for over 10 years.

  • 2019

    92

    /100

    James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.

  • 2019

    3

    One of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy.

  • 2019

    3

    Italian Sommelier Association (AIS) guide

  • 2019

    89

    /100

    Wine spectator is the most influential wine guide on the internet.

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Perfume

Perfume

Attractive aromas of violets, cherries and berries, combined with pleasant spicy notes, round and velvety, very elegant.

Color

Color

Bright purple, with garnet reflections with ageing.

Taste

Taste

Rich in tannins with a very long and intense finish.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines

Producer
Castello di Meleto
From this winery
  • Start up year: 1968
  • Oenologist: Matteo Menicacci, Valentino Ciarla
  • Bottles produced: 700.000
  • Hectares: 160
The acquisition of Castello di Meleto is one of the most interesting case histories in the Italian wine scene. We are in 1968 when Comm. Gianni Mazzocchi, president of Editoriale Domus (Quattrosoldi and Quattroruote), set up a joint stock company after having launched a public subscription in a magazine to acquire a property in Maremma.

The thing is so successful that part of the historic Ricasoli estate, including Meleto, is also purchased. An important work of agrarian transformation and restructuring of the farmhouses followed, until the present physiognomy was reached.

Today the Viticola Toscana (this is the name of the company), is taken as an example of organizational efficiency, a company that has been able to positively change the destiny of this Chianti land border, placed at the limits of what were the Republics of Siena and of Florence. Read more
Production area: Tuscany
Tuscany
Castello di Meleto

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Game
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Name Castello di Meleto Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna Casi 2019
Type Red still
Denomination Chianti Classico DOCG
Vintage 2019
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.0% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Sangiovese
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Vendor Castello di Meleto
Origin Village of Meleto, Town of Gaiole in Chianti (Siena).
Climate Altitude: 400 m. a.s.l.
Soil composition Mainly clayey rich in iron, sulfur and quartz.
Cultivation system Spurred cordon and head-training.
Plants per hectare 5,000.
Yield per hectare 4,500 kg/hectare.
Wine making The grapes, selected in the vineyard and harvested by hand, are destemmed and gently pressed. The must thus obtained starts to ferment spontaneously in 53-hl conical wooden vats. Once alcoholic fermentation is complete, the wine remains in contact with the skins for about 20-25 days before being racked into concrete vats to allow malolactic fermentation to begin.
Aging 50% of the wine ages for 18 months in Slavonian oak barrels, and the remaining 50% ages in 225-litre second and third-passage barriques.
Allergens Contains sulphites