Features
Name:
Chianti classico DOCG G. Selezione Badia a Passignano Gran Selezione 2019
Terrain:
Predominantly calcareous
Winery
The Antinori have dedicated themselves to the art of viticulture for more than six hundred years: ever since, in 1385, Giovanni di Piero Antinori joined the Florentine Guild of Winemakers.
For 26 generations, the family has always managed this activity directly, making innovative and sometimes courageous choices, but always maintaining unaltered respect for tradition and for the territory.
Each vintage, each soil, each idea is a new beginning, a new search for higher and higher quality margins. As Marquis Piero likes to say: "the ancient roots play an important role in our philosophy, but they have never inhibited our innovative spirit".
Description
Badia a Passignano Gran Selezione is produced exclusively with the selection of the best Sangiovese grapes coming from the homonymous estate located in the heart of Chianti Classico. The area is renowned for the production of wine since the year 1000. Vineyards are located in a soil rich in calcareous rock with an average amount of clay at an altitude of about 300 meters above sea level. The aging process takes place in the historical cellars of Badia di Passignano dated back to the tenth century.
Organoleptic characteristics:
Badia a Passignano shows a ruby red color. The nose is striking for its intensity: notes of ripe red berries, cherries in alcohol and black cherry, combine with delicate balsamic sensations and aromatic herbs. The bouquet is completed by spicy hints of cloves and chocolate. On the palate the entry is rich, with well integrated tannins and supported by an excellent crispness and sapidity.
Storage time:
3-10 years old
Vinification
Destemming and soft crushing.
Alcoholic fermentation in about 10 days, maceration with skins for further 10-12 days. Malolactic fermentation in stainless steel tanks.
Acknowledgements
2018 Luca Maroni 94/100
2018 James Suckling 95/100
2018 Wine Spectator 94/100
