ROCCA GUICCIARDA 2006

CHIANTI CLASSICO DOCG RISERVA

GRAPE VARIETIES

Sangiovese and complementary grapes

FERMENTATION TEMPERATURE

28°-31° C
Maceration period: 16 days of skin contact

AGEING

16 months in barriques and tonneaux

BOTTLING DATE

Mid September 2008

Vintage Awards 2006
AIS 2010

Information

In years past, Rocca Guicciarda was one of the Baroni Ricasoli’s most important estates. Today, it is the name of the estate’s Chianti Classico Riserva, a traditional wine full of aromas and sensations through an austere character and complex, balanced drinkability. the aromas and sensations of the territory.

PRODUCTION AREA
Chianti Classico

Growing Season

Winter lasted until March. April and May were sufficiently rainy, and followed by a mild summer with infrequent rains. But towards the 20th of August there was a clear reversal of the trend: the last 10 days of August, all of September and the first two weeks of October were sunny and hot, with an accentuated temperature range with up to ten/fifteen degrees of difference between markedly hot days and cool nights. We consider the 2006 vintage to be the best in the last fifteen years, with an excellent aromatic complexity, good alcohol content and a considerable polyphenolic structure.

Tasting Notes

Wine that has confirmed its elegance and harmony over the years. Always clean and fruity on the nose, full and substantial on the palate, with remarkable persistence and excellent end. Intense and deep ruby red hue with garnet highlights, indicative of a perfectly ripe fruit.