Chianti Classico
Gran Selezione

The vintage recorded a fairly mild winter which favoured a slightly earlier budding and shoot growth. The second part of spring was quite rainy and cool.
The summer was generally hot, fortunately without excessive heat peaks. Furthermore, some rain, such as that of August 4th (28mm), allowed a perfect growth of the bunch.

In September, precisely on the 24th and 25th of the month, more rainfall occurred. Fortunately, it did not compromise the harvest with the development of moulds. On the contrary, the rain guaranteed the completion of ripening especially on the later ripening plots.

In this vintage we produced: Chianti Classico DOCG, Riserva di Chianti Classico DOCG, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Il Torriano DOCG, Campo all’Albero IGT.

It will be remembered as an excellent vintage for the Chianti Classico, with a fairly harsh winter in the first part of the year and a consequent lengthening of the vegetative cycle of the plant.

February and March were rather dry with no rain. Fortunately the rain was abundant in our area in April and May, so as to balance a summer that was hot, dry and sunny but with sporadic precipitation at the end of July and in the second part of August.

Sunny September days preceded the harvest. Strong temperature changes were recorded which favoured phenolic maturities, guaranteeing an extraordinary polyphenolic potential.

In this vintage we produced: Chianti Classico DOCG, Riserva di Chianti Classico DOCG, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Il Torriano DOCG, Campo all’Albero IGT

The 2018 vintage was fairly regular. The rain and temperatures in the first part of the winter caused a start of bud break in line with the historical average. In some vineyards budding started slightly earlier than a week.

In spring there were frequent precipitations which guaranteed correct water supplies for the subsequent ripening phases. However, the wet weather combined with the slightly lower spring temperatures also led to a small slowdown on the vegetative phase.

The summer months were generally dry and quite hot, but without prolonged and harmful thermal peaks. The maturation was optimal and benefited from dry winds and sporadic rains at the end of September, needed to end the phenolic maturation of some vineyards.

In this vintage we produced: Chianti Classico DOCG, Riserva di Chianti Classico DOCG, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Il Torriano DOCG, Campo all’Albero IGT.

Autumn and winter were characterised by low rainfall, but still sufficient to guarantee the right water reserves for the plants. The spring of 2016 began with good weather, favouring an early germination of about 13 days before compared to the average of the Montefiridolfi vineyards.

The second half of May and first half of June saw cool temperatures and some precipitation. It followed a rather hot summer, but without heat peaks to compromise the correct ripening conditions. In fact, the vegetative-productive balance remained excellent, favouring the ripening of the grapes.

The latter part of September was a somewhat rainy with day/night temperature variations that were very beneficial for a truly well-balanced vintage.

In this vintage we produced: Chianti Classico DOCG, Riserva di Chianti Classico DOCG, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Il Torriano DOCG, Campo all’Albero IGT.