Il Solatio

APPELLATION
Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG

AREA
Radda in Chianti (Siena), the Chianti Classico area

GRAPES
100% Sangiovese

ALCOHOL LEVEL
13% Vol

BOTTLE SIZE
750 ml - 1500 ml

TYPE OF SOIL
The Solatio owes its name to the steep and stony south-east facing slopes which, at 600 metres above sea level, overhang Castello d’Albola. The soil is constituted entirely of highly porous Marl and Alberese rock fragments giving it low fertility levels.

TRAINING SYSTEM
Spurred cordon.

PLANT DENSITY
5,000 vines per hectare. The vines are 10 years old.

YIELD
5,000 kg. of grapes per hectare.

VINIFICATION AND AGEING
This pure Sangiovese must results from a simple and traditional red wine vinifi cation process which includes three weeks’ maceration with their skins and seeds. Once maceration and malolactic fermentation has been completed, the wine is matured in Allier oak barrels for 14 months followed by a long aging process in the bottle. The union of terroir and tradition has allowed us to achieve the truest expression of the Sangiovese di Radda, a wine of great fi nesse and character. 

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