FROM GRAPES TO WINE.
In October, after the accurate monitoring of the ripening values, the Harvest starts, carried out exclusively by hand. We carefully select only the best bunches, with particular attention for those that will be used for our Riserva and that are collected inside small boxes from a specific section of our vineyard called La Croce.
Once in the cellar, the grapes go through the de-stemming machine that separates and discards the stems from the berries, which are in turn gently pressed (without damaging the skin or breaking the seeds). The must is then left to fall by gravity into the glazed cement vats where the alcoholic fermentation will take place, along with a maceration of the skins in contact with the liquid for about 3 weeks.
After the alcoholic fermentation, the next step is to let the malolactic fermentation take its course. This is the real starting point to obtain wines that are balanced, microbiologically stable and especially suitable for ageing. Our Chianti Classico is aged in large Slavonia oak casks for 18/24 months, our Riserva in Barriques for 18 months, and finally our IGT Rossombroso in new Barriques for 16 months.