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Casanuova di Nittardi Chianti Classico 2018
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Casanuova di Nittardi has a rich ruby red color. Intense red fruit character - ripe cherries and plums dominate, with interesting notes of garrigue and white pepper. The taste has a beautifully elegant and juicy structure with an important tannin backbone Read more
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Casanuova di Nittardi has a rich ruby red color.Intense red fruit character - ripe cherries and plums dominate, with interesting notes of garrigue and white pepper.The taste has a beautifully elegant and juicy structure with an important tannin backbone that gives the wine length and graceful aging.We like to drink the wine with a traditional Ossobuco in Bianco or with a Peposo dell'Impruneta, in addition, it can be beautifully combined with meat dishes and various pastas, preferably with squirrel bread.Best served at around 16 ° C (slightly cooler than you would normally serve your red wine).
Since 1981, Nittardi has paid tribute to Michelangelo every year by having internationally recognized artists such as Hundertwasser, Yoko Ono, Günter Grass or Dario Fo make the label and a wrapping paper.The artwork for the 2018 vintage was entrusted to the artist Johannes Heisig.The two paintings that the German artist has dedicated to this Chianti Classico are a hymn to the earth and the fruits that bring joy and seduce us.While the wrapping paper is his personal vision of the Vigna Doghessa vineyard, he painted for the label Bacchus offering Sibyl a glass of wine, always being the muse of many artists.
The Casanuova di Nittardi vineyard is a pure Sangiovese from the vineyard "Vigna Doghessa". The vineyard is located on a south-facing hill at 450 meters above sea level and has a soil full of slate, which gives the wine a strong minerality and pleasant freshness.
2017 was an extreme vintage that will be remembered as the hottest and driest vintage ever in Tuscany.After a cold winter with less rain than usual, spring and summer were very dry.There was practically no rain from the end of April until the harvest in the Chianti Classico vineyards of Nittardi.Temperatures were very hot for long periods.This reduced the total grape quantities by 30-40%.From the end of August, the healthy and ripe grapes from the Villa Rosa vineyards are picked and the grapes at Nittardi at the beginning of September.Since 2017, all vineyards (Maremma and Chianti Classico) have been certified organic.
Aging: 14 months in French oak barrels of 500l.
Storage potential: at least 10 years.
Aging: 14 months in French oak barrels of 500l.
Storage potential: at least 10 years.
Specifications
| Land | Italy |
| Production | Organic |
| Alcohole | 13,8 % |
| Appellation | DOCG Chianti Classico |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Match with | Ossobuco in Bianco or with a Peposo dell'Impruneta, meat dishes and various pastas, preferably with squirrel bread. |
| Profile | Juicy, elegant, graceful with a good tannin backbone. |
| Grapes | 100% Sangiovese |
| Vintage | 2018 |
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