Winemakers
Marco Ostan
Technical Data
Acidity
5.0
Alcohol
13.5%
Sugar
0.5 g/L
San Leonino
San Leonino
Al Limite Chianti Classico DOCG 2015
Background
Fattoria di San Leonino has been making wine since the times in which the church which gave the estate its name and to which it belonged joined the Chianti League.Piviere di San Leonino in Conio is cited in a range of documents, the oldest of which are dated 1043, 1076 and 1077. At the time it was part of the Fiesole diocese but, on the border between Florence, Siena and Volterra, it was always much contested. This led to this estate adjoining the hamlet and positioned strategically on a hill washed by the Staggia stream and the Gena irrigation channel flourished economically, as shown by the tithes paid between 1275 and 1300 - when the plebis Sancti Leonini paid extremely high taxes - confirming the profitability of these lands.
Appellation
Chianti Classico DOCG (Tuscany), Italy
Varietal Composition
100% Sangiovese
Vintage Notes
It was a year of brusque changes in temperature and abundant rainfall, with brief but copious downpours alternating with windy days and below-average temperatures. All of this made work difficult for grape growers, but those deciding to thin the vines in several stages and carefully tend them as they grew succeeded in obtaining excellent grapes. The work done by exerts and vintners in the months prior to the harvest led to sure success in achieving high quality standards out of a quite unusual year. And indeed by the end of the summer the grape growers in central-northern Italy were expecting one of the toughest harvests in history. No exception was the Chianti Classico area, where in a number of zones the wet weather was favorable to parasite infestation. Nonetheless the good weather in September and the first half of October – with summery days and cool nights – enabled the grapes to gradually but fully ripen, making it possible, in mid-October, to harvest grapes (especially the Sangiovese) capable of giving elegant and balanced wines with outstanding aromatic and acid components, perfect for subsequent maturation.
Winemaking
At a time like the present one, which has seen standardization of the area’s wines, we wanted to bring out the grape variety and the land in a traditional style. After fermentation in steel and 18 days on the skins at controlled temperatures, the wine ages for 18 months in 30 hl Slavonian oak barrels and concrete tanks. mineral notes with stylish, all encompassing tannins.
Tasting Notes
A dazzling ruby red color, an explosively aromatic nose: ripe cherries, violets, menthol tobacco, rhubarb. Warm, silky palate, packed with tasting tension and tangy.
