Brancaia Chianti Classico Riserva 2016

Description

CHIANTI CLASSICO RISERVA is pressed from our best Sangiovese grapes. This medium to full body wine shows the elegance and charm of this classic Tuscan grape variety. It hits all the high notes expected of this historic denomination. The wine is brimming with cherry fruit, spice, leather and chocolate. The Sangiovese is blended with some Merlot and aged in barriques and larger tonneaux for 16 months and then in the bottle at least one year.

Certificates

Vinification

The grapes are only picked by hand and after being stripped and squeezed go directly into the fermentation tanks without pumping, by gravity only. Fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled cone-shaped steel tanks. We replaced the traditional pumping transfer of mash with a modern pestle. So here too the use of pumps is avoided.

Vineyard

THE CLIMATE in Chianti is a typical continental climate with cool winters and very warm summers. Our Estates in Castellina and Radda in Chianti have different soil and climate conditions. If in Castellina (200-250 meters above sea level) the depth of the soil gives the vines a high resistance against drought, in Radda (350-420 meters above sea level) the rocky skeleton provides a fast drainage and there is a rather low soil fertility. The diversity of the two Estates increases the complexity and elegance of our terroir-typical wines.

Maturation

16 months in French oak tonneaux and barriques