CHIANTI DEI COLLI SENESI DOCG

The Chianti dei Colli Senesi DOCG of the San Gregorio estate is the wine through which the Siena hills express their most direct and most characteristic voice — a Chianti of genuine territorial identity produced from ninety percent Sangiovese and ten percent Colorino, the combination that has defined the Colli Senesi style of Chianti for generations. The Colli Senesi sub-zone — the Siena hills — occupies the southern part of the broader Chianti territory, producing wines of a slightly warmer, softer character than the Classico zone to the north while retaining the essential mineral freshness and fruit clarity that Sangiovese on limestone-rich Tuscan soils consistently delivers.

Every vine at San Gregorio receives the painstaking care typical of ancient farming techniques — manual pruning, tying, hoeing, and cleaning, with the grape harvester selecting the best bunches for each type of grape that go to the cellar for separate vinification. This individual attention to each vine and each bunch is the estate's founding commitment, and it expresses itself directly in the quality and consistency of the wines produced.

The fermentation takes place in cement for eight to ten days — the traditional vessel that many Tuscan producers have returned to in recent years for its particular capacity to preserve the fresh, mineral character of Sangiovese without the reductive qualities of stainless steel or the tannin extraction of oak. Maturation follows in steel, then three months of bottle ageing before release.

The wine presents as ruby red with red fruit, cherry, and wild fruit aromas — the characteristic Chianti Colli Senesi nose in its most inviting and most honest expression. A medium tannic structure with a long and persistent finish completes a wine of genuine everyday excellence.

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