What is Chianti Classico?
Chianti Classico is an Italian red wine, originally from Castellina in Chianti, Radda in Chianti and Gaiole in Chianti; since 1984, it has enjoyed the DOCG (Controlled and Guaranteed Designation of Origin) mark, the highest recognition for quality Italian wines.
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Chianti Classico aged for at least two years (estimated from 1 January of the year of harvest), of which at least three months in the bottle, and with an alcohol content of at least 12.5 ° can earn the title of “Chianti Classico Riserva”.
The name of “Gran Selezione” is a further recognition that the wine achieves by respecting more rigid criteria (minimum aging of 30 months and the presence of qualitatively adequate chemical and organoleptic characteristics).
