This Chianti Classico DOCG is made by 98% Sangiovese grapes and 2% Canaiolo grapes which are harvested by hand and carefully selected. The grapes are delicately crushed and collected in cement vats for 10-15 days. After fermentation, the wine is racked again into medium-capacity barrels where it is refined for 12 months.

• During alcoholic fermentation the must is controlled continuously so that the temperature does not exceed 30° Celsius.
• After the alcoholic fermentation the wine is racked into other vats for the malolactic fermentation that generally is concluded by the end of December.
• Bottling usually takes place in March.
• Average production/year: 35,000 bottles.
• Country of origin: Italy.
• Region: Tuscany.
• Chateau: Le Cinciole.
• Grape varietal: Sangiovese, Canaiolo.
• Alcohol % by volume: 0.14.
• Vintage year: 2004.
• Age: 12 months.
• Type of viticulture: organic.
• Soils: marly and skeletal.
• Exposure of vine: south-east, south-west.