Villa Saletta Chianti Superiore 2019
A full, intense aroma, which recalls floral and red fruit notes. In the mouth, the wine is fresh, smooth, and well balanced with a complex consistency, with hints of violets, cherries and vanilla. This blend is well fused with smoky sensations.
The individual vineyards making up the production of this wine Santa Margherita, Bosco, Leccio, formed of calcareous clay together with parcels sandy and loamy soils. The Sangiovese and Merlot are trained on single and bilateral spurred cordon while the Cabernet Sauvignon is guyot trained. Delicate work in the vineyard such as leaf removal, crop thinning,and manual selection of bunches ensures high-quality production to ensure varietal typicity.
The grapes, meticulously picked variety by variety, are de-stemmed and pressed and go into stainless fermentation tanks where fermentation is carried out at temperatures between 26° to 28° C. The period of skin contact is approximately 15 days for Sangiovese and 18 days for Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. The extraction techniques are aimed at maximising aroma and fragrance, soft and supple tannins, and emphasising the tonic acidity and savoury, mineral character, all of which distinguish the style of this wine. Once the grapes have been run off their skins, the wine is put through a malolactic fermentation shared between barriques and stainless steel tanks. The wine is then placed 50% in Slavonian oak casks (30 hl) and 50% in two-yearold old barriques, where it receives 12 months of cellar ageing prior to bottling.
| RRP | £26.25 |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Alcoholic strength | 13.5% |
| Awards | 93 pts, Mundus Vini, 2025; 93 pts, James Suckling, 2025 |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Subregion | Chianti Superiore |
| Grapes | Sangiovese 96%, Cabernet Sauvignon 2%, Merlot 2% |
| Residual sugar (g/l) | 0.2 |
| Body | C |
| Contains sulphites | Yes |
| Vegetarian | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Milk | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Organic | No |
| Biodynamic | No |
| Closure | Cork |
Owned by the English Hands family, active in the world of finance and luxury hotels, Villa Saletta is located in the splendid and unspoilt hillside countryside of Palaia, in the province of Pisa and takes its name from a historic 14th-century hamlet located on the estate. It includes more than 1400 hectares of woods, olive groves, vineyards, crops, the small ancient village of San Gervasio, old farmhouses and villas for hospitality and numerous rural buildings. The estate has been administered since 2015 by agronomist and oenologist David Landini, a Tuscan by birth, who also takes care of the technical management of the various productions, including primarily wine, as well as oil, grains, herbs, fruit and vegetables.
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