Nose
Cherry candy, strawberry cotton candy and cinamon on the nose.
Palate
Meltingly elegant, juicy and clear with integrated acidity, impressive into the finish, independent.
Growing Conditions
100% Sangiovese. The name of our Riserva derives from the ancient Tuscan stone terraces that shape the visual of the vineyards and winery. Each year, we make a selection of our 19 crus that create our Riserva. Often Leccio Alto, Labirinto Sud, Labirinto Ovest, and Ginestrini Alti were chosen to be part of our Riserva.
Harvest
Grapes are picked by hand in small boxes.
Winemaking
Alcoholic fermentation is spontaneous with natural yeasts in 1 ton vats. The extraction of color and tannins is facilitaed by punching down. Maceration of skins is occuring very delicately: Berries are falling from the destemmer directly into the vats without passing through a pump or tubes, hence remaining intact and crush solely due to the weight of berries themselves.
Sangiovese, long misunderstood and blended with other grape varieties, has only been vinified on its own for a few decades. The greatness and potential of Sangiovese is fascinating: Similarly to Pinot Noir, it is very difficult to grow and vinify, as well as incredibly sensitive to the location it is grown in. Although the vineyards at Castagnoli are very close together, the fruit that they produce can show remarkable differences. Therefore, we divided our eleven hectares of vineyards into 19 different parcels, which we harvest, ferment and vinify separately.The best crus of Castagnoli are selected for the Riserva Terrazze. Malolactic fermentation takes place in barriques.
Aging
The very best parcels of Castagnoli are matured in oak for 24 months. Aged for 24 months in neutral french oak barriques and tonneaux, before being refined in the bottle for a minimum of twelve months.
Appearance
Dark, deep Ruby.