Villa Rosa
Chianti Classico Gran Selezione
Villa Rosa has some of the richest heritage in Castellina in Chianti and its vineyards resonate the essence of Chianti Classico. The Cecchi Family purchased the property from the Lucherini Bandini Family who had carefully tended the land for almost 70 years. The families shared a great friend who linked them together: the renowned and formidable wine taster, Giulio Gambelli. For Giulio, Villa Rosa was the best vineyards in Castellina in Chianti Classico for growing Sangiovese. As Giulio used to say: “A Villa Rosa il Sangiovese ci nasce bene!” – (At Villa Rosa, the Sangiovese grows well!).
The property is managed with the sole objective of producing a Gran Selezione wine, which is the most prestigious designation in Chianti Classico and is meant to be a pure expression of Sangiovese.
Tasting Notes
The Gran Selezione Villa Rosa 2015 perfectly embodies and interprets the characteristics of its exceptional vintage, offering a ripeness, tannic texture and progression granted only by the best years. The color is vivid and rarefied, anticipating a bouquet that reveals to be extremely elegant, characterized by floral notes that overlap and intertwine with a delicate fruitiness and slight hints of spiciness.
Cultivation
Aspects of several vineyard blocks include South, Northwest, and West, with slopes as high as 35% grade. Training systems for these blocks are guyot and spurred cordon. The soils are predominately calcareous-clay with heterogeneous profiles of Alberese limestone and Galestro marl.
Vinification
Alcoholic fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks with temperatures ranging from 25 to 28°C. The malolactic fermentation is also done in stainless steel before a 15 month period of maturation in French oak.
Aging
After 15 months in French oak, the Gran Selezione rests in concrete vessels in the months before bottling.
Press
2019:
93 points - James Suckling
2018:
95 points - James Suckling
2017:
93 points - James Suckling
2016:
93 points - James Suckling
93 points - Robert Parker
92 points - Wine Spectator
90 points - Decanter
2015:
95 points - James Suckling
93 points - Wine Spectator
93 points - Robert Parker
APPELLATION
DOCG Chianti Classico
VARIETAL
100% Sangiovese
ABV
13.5%
ALTITUDE
255-425 meters
SOIL
Predominately calcareous-clay with heterogeneous profiles of Alberese limestone and Galestro marl.
AVERAGE AGE
Up to 54 years
ANNUAL PRODUCTION
13,000 btls