Montebello Sette 2015
DOCG Chianti Classico Gran Selezione
This is a sensual wine with notes of cherry fruit, tobacco, leather and hints of liquorice and spice. The elegant tannins balance nicely with the fruit, all underlined by a fabulous stratum of acidity, making this a complex wine with incontestable structure and power. A long and satisfying finish confirms this Sangiovese is true to its terroir.
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Sangiovese 100%
VINIFICATION
Grapes are manually harvested and sorted twice, first when they arrive at the winery as bunches and then again after de-stemming by an optical sorter. The whole berries are immediately put into stainless steel fermentation tanks and a smaller portion into French oak fermenters.
The alcoholic fermentation temperature in the tanks is computer controlled; the must is kept in contact with the skins for about 20 days. "Remontage" occurs every 8 hours and one "delestage" per week. A brief maceration occurs after fermentation.
Malolactic fermentation is carried in large French oak fermenting tanks and in tonneaux.
The wine rests for 18 months in wood of which 6 are on the fine lees, 6 months in stainless and a further 6 months in bottle.
TERROIR
Plant density: 7350 plants/ha
Yield per hectare: 60 qa/ha
Soil: Galestro and limestone, mostly clay with gravel-size stones.
