| History |
Governo all’uso Toscano is a method which has been used to make Tuscan wine in the Chianti area, in particular since the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. The Governo winemaking technique is a peasant technique, a demonstration of popular wisdom, with roots in problems in selling or rather bartering part of the wine beginning in the spring after the harvest, when the wines of the area are not normally ready yet. We have decided to bring back the Governo method at San Leonino, in order to recover an ancient technique and adding an innovative touch to the original method for a fresh, fruity, soft but at the same time austere and elegant Sangiovese. |
| Vinification |
‘Governare’ means adding slightly raisined grapes (once Trebbiano, now Sangiovese) to the fi rst new wine of the just completed harvest. This addition triggers off a second slow fermentation in 90 hl barrels, which continues until the following spring. |
| On offer |
Price San Leonino Governo all'Uso Toscano 2021 € 11.09
ex VAT
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