Badia A Passignano - Chianti Classico D.O.C.G. Gran Selezione - Antinori

The Antinori family has been committed to the art of winemaking for over six centuries since 1385 when Giovanni di Piero Antinori became a member, of the “Arte Fiorentina dei Vinattieri”, the Florentine Winemakers’ Guild. All throughout its history, twenty-six generations long, the Antinori family has managed the business directly making innovative and sometimes bold decisions while upholding the utmost respect for traditions and the environment.

The Badia a Passignano vineyards extend over a calcareous terrain which rises to an altitude of 250-300 meters above sea level in one of the loveliest and most productive parts of the Chianti Classico appellation.

The grape bunches were handpicked and sorted and then delicately destemmed and pressed in order to maintain to the maximum extent the aromas and flavors so important in Sangiovese grapes. The grapes macerated on their skins utilizing the softest possible extraction techniques aimed at achieving both intensity and, at the same time, elegance and suppleness in the tannins. From the very beginning of the fermentation, the musts showed the rich colors and ample structure with which they had been endowed by the growing season. The fermentation lasted eight days and was followed by a further ten to twelve day period of skin contact. The wine was then run off its skins and went immediately into Hungarian, and partly French oak for a period which lasted fourteen months. The wine was assembled and bottled at the estate and then given at least an additional sixteen months of bottle ageing.

Colour: An intense ruby red colour

Bouquet: Notes of ripe red fruit, liqueur cherries, and sour cherries together with citrusy hints of red oranges and delicate floral sensations of lavender. The bouquet is completed by sweet notes of vanilla and pleasant spicy aromas of cloves and leather.

Taste: A mouth filling entry is sustained by silky, vibrant tannins that accompany a lengthy finish, persistent and sapid, with a pleasant aftertaste of bitter cocoa and citrus.