Castello di Ama - L'Apparita Toscana Igt made from Merlot grapes in Gaiole in Chianti, aged for 14 months in barriques.
Castello di Ama - L'Apparita Toscana Igt made from Merlot grapes in Gaiole in Chianti, aged for 14 months in barriques.
Castello di Ama - L'Apparita Toscana Igt made from Merlot grapes in Gaiole in Chianti, aged for 14 months in barriques.
Castello di Ama - L'Apparita Toscana Igt made from Merlot grapes in Gaiole in Chianti, aged for 14 months in barriques.

Castello di Ama – L’Apparita Toscana Igt – 2021

Apparita is one of the most legendary wines in the Italian wine scene. First pure Merlot produced in Tuscany since 1982. Recognized worldwide, thanks to its unique expression given by the clay soils of Ama. The wine performs an aging in barriques for a year and a half. A true gem.

  • Producer: Castello di Ama
  • Name: L’Apparita Toscana Igt
  • Grape Variety: 100% Merlot
  • Vintage: 2021
  • Alcohol Content: 14,5%
  • Bottle Size: 750 ml
  • Production: 11400 bottles

Productive Notes: vinification with indigenous yeasts in steel tanks at a controlled temperature between 30/33°, with manual pumping over with a total stay of 28 days. After racking, the wine went into barriques to carry out malolactic fermentation. Aged in oak barriques, 50% new and the remainder in second-passage barriques for about 14 months.

Wine naturally contains solphites

280,00€

1 in stock

Description

Castello di Ama is located in the small medieval village of Ama in Gaiole in Chianti, an area rich in history where the Etruscans and Romans already left remains. An area that has always had a vocation for wine production, so much so that it was cited as “ the best place in Chianti ” by Grand Duke Peter Leopold of Habsburg-Lorraine on a visit to Tuscany in 1773. In the 1970s four Roman entrepreneurs saw potential in this beautiful area and decided to renovate Ama’s historic villas and plant vineyards on the adjacent hills. The winery covers about 80 hectares divided into several plots and depressions at an altitude of 500 meters with clay-rich soils. From the 1980s came the turning point for the young winery with the entry of Florentine winemaker Marco Pallanti. In the present day, the winery is run by Marco Pallanti himself and Lorenza Sebasti, daughter of one of the four investors, where they have brought this hamlet to life, and created wines worthy of note around the world, taking the Chianti Classico appellation to the top both in terms of art and protection of the landscape and quality for the wines.

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