Ricasoli - Chianti Classico Gran Selezione CeniPrimo produced in the vineyard of the same name with alluvial soils using only Sangiovese grapes.
Ricasoli - Chianti Classico Gran Selezione CeniPrimo produced in the vineyard of the same name with alluvial soils using only Sangiovese grapes.
Ricasoli - Chianti Classico Gran Selezione CeniPrimo produced in the vineyard of the same name with alluvial soils using only Sangiovese grapes.
Ricasoli - Chianti Classico Gran Selezione CeniPrimo produced in the vineyard of the same name with alluvial soils using only Sangiovese grapes.
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Ricasoli – Chianti Classico Gran Selezione CeniPrimo – 2018

We are located in the south-west area, with 100% Sangiovese grapes coming from the CeniPrimo vineyard. This area is characterized by a soil of fluvial origin of silt-clay, complex and poor in organic substances. After a meticulous hand selection of the best grapes, they are fermented and macerated in steel tanks on skins for 14-16 days. Aging is done for about 22 months in first and second passage tonneaux, before being bottled and allowed to rest for as long as necessary. Despite 2018 was a complicated vintage for the climate, we find a wine with great organoleptic complexity together with a good structure given by the soil. A perfect combination of elegance and acidity that express the terroir with a wine of overwhelming character.

  • Producer: Ricasoli
  • Name: Chianti Classico Gran Selezione CeniPrimo
  • Grape Variety: 100% Sangiovese
  • Vintage: 2018
  • Alcohol Content: 14,5%
  • Bottle Size: 750ml
  • Production: 6000 bottles

Productive Notes: grapes are destemmed and transferred by gravity into 100 liter stainless steel tanks with the addition of selected yeasts. Fermentation follows at controlled temperature with daily punching down and maceration on the skins for 14-16 days. The wine is then aged in 500 hl. tonneaux, 30% of which are new and 70% second passage, for 22 months.

Wine naturally contains solphites

58,00€

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Description

A part of the history of Italian and worldwide wine can be summarized in two simple words: Baron Ricasoli. The history of this glorious family dates back to 1141, when written witnesses attested their settlement in the castle of Brolio, in Gaiole in Chianti, in the heart of Tuscany. During the course of the centuries their name has been indissolubly bound to the world of wine. It was with the figure of Baron Bettino Ricasoli in the 1800’s that history was written, as he recognized in Sangiovese grape the base of the formula for the production of Chianti wines. Thanks to the current owner Francesco Ricasoli, in 1993 was introduced for the first time the “Zonation”, that is the classification of lands in Cru, together with studies and experiments about the different types of soil, leading the business towards new challenges. The winery includes about 1200 hectares of property, of which 240 are vineyards, and it is one of the oldest family-owned wineries in the world. Their philosophy is based on the continuous research of quality, through selection and low yields, of the biotype of Sangiovese di Brolio, all in an eco-sustainable environment which makes it express its maximum potential. Winemaking is done in small steel vats, separate for each vineyard, with delicate pressing to extract the noble substances from the skins. Aging is done in casks of different sizes, according to the desired product, followed by long aging in bottle. A millennium of history made of perseverance and passion where past and future are combined by a glorious tradition.

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