Castello di Ama CASTELLO DI AMA SAN LORENZO Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2013

Description

Castello di Ama San Lorenzo Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2013 takes its name from the splendid valley overlooked by the eighteenth-century villas Pianigiani and Ricucci and is obtained from grapes coming exclusively from the vineyards of Castello di Ama, specifically represented by old plants and planted vineyards for over ten years, which demonstrate at the harvest that they have reached a perfect level of polyphenolic maturity.

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

The vineyards are among the highest in the denomination at an average altitude of around 500 m above sea level and were already held in high regard by the Grand Duke Leopold of Habsburg at the end of the 1700s. Ama is a small village with a bucolic character, of great charm, enriched starting from 2000 by valuable art installations created by internationally renowned artists who were 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 Vineyard Selections were released and if Chianti Classico has shed its reputation as a simple wine incapable of good ageing, much is also due to the work of this winery which has always sought quality without compromise.