Description

GRAPES: 100% Canaiolo 
HARVEST TIME: half September beginning of October 
HARVESTING METHOD: handmade 
FERMENTATION TANK: cement 
FERMENTATION: 6-8 days 
FERMENTATION TEMPERATURE: 26-28 degrees 
BOTTLE AGING: 3 month
Canaiolo is an old vine variety of Etruscan origins used in Chianti for ages. Historically it can be found in the grapes variety adopted to produce Chianti , alongwith Trebbiano and Malvasia and with other red vines like Colorino, aiming at softening Sangiovese’s coarse character and give color to Chianti wine. Canaiolo is a fine and elegant wine, with a light red ruby colour, perfumed with a peerless drinkability.
Pier de Crescenzi in the early 1300s, in the "Agriculture Treaty” referred to it as "Canajuola", "a beautiful grape and to be stored".
SENSORY PROFILE: Floral notes of rose petals, red flowers and fresh fruits accompanied by memories of aromatic herbs. Round mouth, crossed by a gentle freshness and a pleasant minerality, hints of fresh fruit that in the mouth ar