Castello di Ama CASTELLO DI AMA HAIKU Toscana IGT 2018

Description

Castello di Ama is located in the central-south-eastern slope of Chianti Classico, in the municipality of Gaiole in Chianti where the soils are rich in limestone, rocky, loose and the Mediterranean scrub abounds.

The vineyards are among the highest in the appellation at an average altitude of about 500 m asl and were already highly regarded by the Grand Duke Leopold0 of Habsburg at the end of 1700. Ama is a small village with a bucolic character, of great charm, enriched since 2000 by prestigious art installations created by internationally renowned artists who have been inspired by this place.

The recent history of Castello di Ama owes its fortunes to the couple Lorenza Sebasti and Marco Pallanti who with passion and determination launched this Chianti reality into the Olympus of Italian wine brands.

The concepts of Cru and Terroir, so fashionable today, have been at home in Castello di Ama since 1982 when the first Vigneto Selections came out and if the Chianti Classico has taken off its reputation as a simple wine and incapable of good aging, much is also due to the work of this winery which has always sought uncompromising quality.

Haiku was born in 2009 and is the result of an assembly of three varieties: 50% is represented by Sangiovese, while the remainder has been equally divided between Cabernet Franc and Merlot.