2022 Porta Gattoli | Chianti Colli Senesi

Product Notes

This Chianti, is created with a blend of Sangiovese and a small amount of Merlot grapes, deriving from the estate vineyards in the area of Monteriggioni. It represents a Tuscan historical wine, well balanced with harmonious roundness in tannins and a warm flavour; ruby red in colour, fruity fragrances, with hints of currant and violet.

Ready for immediate enjoyment it goes along excellently with a great range of dishes.

Seasonal conditions: Very humid but not cold winter, few nights with temperatures below zero. Very rainy spring, especially in May, which led to faster than normal the vegetative development. These conditions continued until the beginning of summer with a fairly hot July. The “invaiatura”, an antique word which stands for darkening, always used in the context of ripening fruits, olives, or grapes, began about ten days later than average. Only two light rains in the first of August then the progressive improvement led to a vegetative and therefore ripening rebalancing which resulted in a harvest that began towards mid-September and concluded at the end of the month.

Production area: Monteriggioni.

Age of vineyards: 10 to 20 years.

Vine density: 5,000 vines/ha (2,000 vines/acres)

Soil composition: marl

Exposure: south-west

Altitude: 200 meters (700 feet) a/s/l.

Grapes: Sangiovese 90%, Merlot 10%

Vine training: spurred cordon

Harvest: beginning of September; hand-picked in crates

Wine making: fermentation and maceration in steel tanks at a temperature between 28°-30°C (82°-86°F) for 10-12 days; caps punched down with pneumatic rakes system.

Bottle refining: 2 months.

Characteristics:

Colour: brilliant ruby red

Nose: fruity with notes of currants and violets

Palate: harmonic tannins, well balanced and warm

Longevity: 10 years

Food matches:

Pasta and first courses, poultry.

Serving temperature: 16°C (60°F)