Growing Conditions
Favourable weather trend during spring and summer time; rainfall within the average; the first half of August hot, but temperatures not adversely affecting the berries; a second heat-wave around mid September responsible for early harvesting in some of the vineyards.
Scattered but abundant rain followed, bringing about a decisive temperature drop; the latter proved instrumental in preserving – to the utmost degree of perfection – the healthiness of the fruit.
A vintage year of great quality.
Harvest
Yield for vine: 1,3 Kg
Bottling
23rd to 31st March 2022
Winemaking
San Giusto a Rentennano Chianti Classico is a blend of 95% Sangiovese and 5% Canaiolo grapes, hand-picked when perfectly mature. It is fermented in glazed concrete and stainless steel vats for about 14 days. During fermentation the skins and must are pumped-over and punched-down a number of times to extract the maximum qualities from the grapes. After the wine has been racked , the skins are soft-pressed in an horizontal press and the juice thus obtained is added to the wine. Malolactic fermentation is stimulated by heating the building where the vats are stored. The wine is racked several time during maturation in cask and 500 liters oak tonneaux for 10-12 months.
Length of fermentation and maceration on the skins:13 days
- Sugar: <1 g/Lt
- Volatile Acidity: 0,56 g/Lt
- Net extracts: 29,9 g/Lt
- sulphites level: less than 100 mg per liter as required by organic laws.
Aging
Wood-ageing: 11 months in oak barrels and casks of 100- 30; 5; 2,25 hl
Appearance
As this wine has been only lightly filtered. Some sediments may appear in the bottle.
