Chianti Rufina Riserva DOCG

Grape variety: Sangiovese

Appearance : red ruby colour with light garnet shades a good coloured and concentrated intensity

Nose : iL Lago Chianti Rufina Riserva offers a variegated and ample presence of scents from the harvest of ripe fruits to preserves of small wild fruit berries together with a typologic identification of ripe cherries

Palate : dry with a good structure and an excellent alcoholic presence that renders it delicate and at the same time well balanced. The aftertaste is persistent denoting a fine harmony between fragrance and taste

Vinification : Harvesting is done by hand and produced by using extremely delicate methods of production. The maceration process takes place in stainless-steel vats and is then periodically amalgamated so as to obtain a higher extraction of the colour and of scent. During this period that lasts about 20 days the wine terminates its alcoholic fermentation at a temperature of approximatetely 28°. The wine is subsequently in part placed in new French “barriques” (Allier and Troncasse) and the other part is placed in second-hand used “barriques” for a duration of eighteen months