CASINA DI CORNIA (Tuscany, Italy)
Chianti Classico 2007
100% Sangiovese picked by hand. There is a cool maceration for 48hrs. The must is naturally fermented in conbination of 50% enameled cement and 50% old, 2500L barrels. It spends 1 yr in cement again before bottling. No sulfur is added at any point.
There is a small podere resting on a bucolic 24ha in the rolling hills of Castellina Chianti (Siena), restored in 1979 by Antoine Luginbˆºhl and his wife Francine. 7.2 ha of this are vines, mostly Sangiovese, faced south toward the warming sun of Sienna. The family found a perfect climate with the benefit of complex soil combinations: clay/chalk (marne), slate (schiste) and lots of stones ageing back to the Miocene period. This was the perfect breeding ground for Antione's "political" stance to farm organically, arguing that he could be free of the industrial production machine, which always controls low prices while driving quantities ever higher. "This frees us from the money lovers and keeps nature alive in the world". His wine growing/making are simple: prune early for low yields, keep plenty of cover crop for heat protection and soil health, hand pick, spontaneously ferment and fine lightly. This way, he presents what his land and the vintage as clearly as his political ideology.
100% Sangiovese picked by hand. There is a cool maceration for 48hrs. The must is naturally fermented in conbination of 50% enameled cement and 50% old, 2500L barrels. It spends 1 yr in cement again before bottling. No sulfur is added at any point.