Villa Antinori Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG

With the inauguration of their new Chianti Classico cellars, Antinori felt the desire to revive a historic label. The result is this unique Chianti Classico, which displays wonderful notes of red fruit, oak, and spice. The Antinori family's flagship wine – pure Tuscany! The grapes are destemmed and gently pressed. This is followed by maceration (at a maximum temperature of 30°C) with skin contact for 12 days to extract the soft tannins. The young wine is aged in different batches until the final blending takes place in spring 2015. 60% of the wine was aged in wooden barrels; the remainder in small French and Hungarian barriques, most of which had already been used for one or two years. A small portion was aged in new barrels.