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Castello di Monsanto

Castello di Monsanto Chianti Classico Riserva 2020

Red still

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€174,00

6 bottles

€87,00

3 bottles

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Denomination Chianti Classico DOCG
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.0% by volume
Area Tuscany (Italy)
Grape varieties 90% Sangiovese, 5% Canaiolo Nero, 5% Colorino
Aging Partly in 500-liter French oak barrels and partly in 225-liter barriques, followed by bottle aging.
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Description

An accessible example of the unique style and character of Castello di Monsanto wines. This multi-faceted wine can be enjoyed straight away or left to develop and evolve as the years roll by. It is our most widely produced wine by far, underlining our company’s belief in Sangiovese, which acquires a strength and an energy from our soil that must be patiently awaited. One of the oldest wines in Italy, it appeared on the market in the 1960s and has become an ambassador for the entire denomination around the world.

Awards

  • 2020

    94

    /100

    Decanter is a wine and lifestyle magazine, published monthly in around 90 countries. The magazine includes industry news, classic guides and advice on wine and spirits.

  • 2020

    94

    /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.

  • 2020

    3

    One of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy.

  • 2020

    93

    /100

    Vinous is the online guide from Antonio Galloni, one of the world's leading wine connoisseurs.

  • 2020

    4

    Italian Sommelier Association (AIS) guide

  • 2020

    92

    /100

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

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Perfume

Perfume

A cascade of tones of bramble fruit and traces of sweet spices enveloping scents of cherry and violet.

Color

Color

Ruby red streaked with garnet.

Taste

Taste

Mouth of golden proportion, with dissolved tannin and long finish on memories of spices.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °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.
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Game
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Name Castello di Monsanto Chianti Classico Riserva 2020
Type Red still
Denomination Chianti Classico DOCG
Vintage 2020
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.0% by volume
Grape varieties 90% Sangiovese, 5% Canaiolo Nero, 5% 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 18-20 days.
Aging Partly in 500-liter French oak barrels and partly in 225-liter barriques, followed by bottle aging.
Allergens Contains sulphites