Mazzei MAZZEI VICOREGIO 36 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2018

Description

The Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vicoregio 36 by Mazzei represents the quintessence of the research work at the Castello di Fonterutoli. The Vicoregio is a laboratory vineyard in the Municipality of Castelnuovo Berardenga, planted in pedoclimatic conditions ideal for Sangiovese: 36 different biotypes, including 18 mass selections from the old vines available on the farm. An avant-garde agronomic project that gives life to a Chianti Classico Gran Selezione with a pronounced bouquet and an important gustatory impact

Fonterutoli is one of the noble Chianti Classico estates most steeped in history. The company is in the center of the small village of Fonterutoli 5 kilometers south of Castellina in Chianti and has been owned by the Marquises Mazzei since 1435 when the granddaughter of Ser Lapo Mazzei – a notable from the Carmignano area was also the first person to use the name Chianti in connection with wine (a white wine in a document dated 1398) – married Piero di Agnolo di Fonterutoli.

Another Lapo Mazzei, together with his sons Filippo and Francesco, made Fonterutoli one of the most dynamic companies of the denomination at the end of the 2000s with important investments both in the vineyard and in the cellar.

Today the company can count on 117 hectares of specialized vineyards divided into five areas located between 220 and 550 meters above sea level, in turn divided into 120 individual plots. All in perfect harmony with other more marginal crops and with the woods, an ideal environment for different types of game that populate it in its natural state.
The grapes from the 120 plots are hand-picked, vinified and aged in wood separately, translating the value of diversity into an extraordinary breadth of aromas and complexity.