Nose
This wine offers expansive, complex, and enveloping aromas.
Palate
Featuring fruity notes of raspberry, floral hints of violet, as well as evident spicy and mineral undertones.
Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigneto San Marcellino is renowned for its excellent structure, characterized by firm yet elegant tannins, accompanied by a subtle harmonious sapidity. It is a wine of great balance and with a long-lasting persistence.
Growing Conditions
Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigneto San Marcellino is a wine produced exclusively in great vintages, using the finest grapes selected from the vineyard of the same name that surrounds the Pieve di San Marcellino in Monti in Chianti.
This vineyard covers an area of approximately 7 hectares and is characterized by the predominant presence of Sangiovese, of which 1.5 hectares are 50 years old. Alongside Sangiovese, Pugnitello (0.9 hectares), an ancient Tuscan grape variety, is cultivated in a complementary manner, enhancing its color, structure, and aroma.
Harvest
Sangiovese: September 27th
Pugnitello: October 2nd
Bottling
Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigneto San Marcellino is bottled without undergoing filtration processes in order to preserve its maximum elegance and finesse.
December 17th 2019
Winemaking
Starting from 2006, Pugnitello has been incorporated into the Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigneto San Marcellino cuvée with a minimum percentage of 5%.
Fermentation
Pugnitello: 14 days
Sangiovese: 13 days plus 35 days of maceration
Temperature of fermentation
26° C
Volatile acidity
0.59 g/l
Total dry extract
32.29 g/l
Free sulfur dioxide
25 mg/l
Total sulfur dioxide
72 mg/l
Aging
The wine matures for approximately 24 months in medium-toast Allier oak barriques.
25 months. Barriques (47%); tonneaux (35%); barrels (18%) of Allier oak (18% of new wood, 7% of 3 years and 75% of 4 years)
Appearance
This wine presents itself with a brilliant ruby color.
